Through my research on violin concertos, composers, manuscripts and the like I also come across interesting items that don't fit to my personal collection. That includes autograph items (AMQS, ALS, etc), signed scores and rare printed compositions. I am sure that there are collectors who would love these documents. Therefore I am offering these items here for sale. If you would like to buy an item or to have photos of it, please send me a message via my contact page. All further steps like shipping, total price and payment will be arranged via email.
Below some highlights from the actual sale:
recent additions:
Bacewicz, Grazyna: signed score
Grazyna Bacewicz: IV Sonata na skrzypce i fortepian. Cracow: PWM. PN 908. 31+11 pages. Published 1952. First edition, printed in a run of 400 copies. Measures ca. 24x34 cm. Outside a bit soiled, a small damage at the upper margin (without affecting the music).
Signed on the title page by Grazyna Bacewicz with a dedication to Michel Schwalbe, the former concertmaster of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. Dated 19 February 1957
149€ |
Bacewicz, Grazyna: first edition
Grazyna Bacewicz: V Sonata na skrzypce i fortepian. Cracow: PWM. PN 1338. 28+8 pages. Published 1954. First edition, printed in a run of 600 copies. Measures ca. 24x34 cm. In very good condition.
69€ |
Bacewicz, Grazyna: first edition
Grazyna Bacewicz: II Sonata na fortepian. Cracow: PWM. PN 1791. 21 pages. Published 1955. First edition, printed in a run of 600 copies. Measures ca. 24x34 cm. In very good condition. 69€ |
Beethoven: facsimile score
Beethoven: Fünfte Symphonie. Nach der Handschrift im Besitz der Preußischen Staatsbibliothek. Herausgegeben von Georg Schünemann. Berlin: Maximilian-Verlag Max Staercke. Printed in 1942. 44 pages introductional notes and 305 pages facsimile. Measures ca. 34x25 cm. With the original slipcase. This edition was printed in only 400 numbered copies, this is number 93. Slipcase damaged at the edges and worn. The book itself in very good condition. Outside a bit worn from slipping in and out of the slipcase. Inside a fine copy.
This facsimile edition does not show the final fair copy of the work, but the working manuscript by Beethoven. The symphony No.5 was composed between 1803 and 1808 and the manuscript clearly shows the different phases of the compositional process. A highly impressive edition and a rare one too. The small number of 400 copies is surely much lower because many copies were destroyed in the last years of World War II.
499€ |
Beethoven: Two first editions
Siebente Grosse Sinfonie in A Dur von Ludwig van Beethoven. 92tes Werk. Für das Piano-Forte auf 4 Hände eingerichtet. Wien: Steiner. PN C.D.A.S. 2566. Engraved. Published 1816. Title page + dedication page to Elisabeth Alexiewna + Musik-Anzeige + 79 pages music. Measures ca. 33x24 cm.
and
Wellingtons-Sieg oder Die Schlacht von Vittoria. In Musik gesetzt von Ludwig van Beethoven. 91tes Werk. Für das Piano-Forte auf 4 Haende. Wien: Steiner. PN C.D.S. 2364. Engraved. Published 1816. Title page + Pränumerations-Anzeige + 39 pages music. Measures ca. 33x24 cm.
Both copies were previously bound in cardboard covers which are now missing. So first and last page are the flyleafs. Both flyleafs soiled, last one is also loose. Inside only little foxed. First pages of the 7th symphony a bit soiled and very slightly damaged at the margins. The rest is in good condition. Binding a bit loose.
The two compositions were premiered together in 1813. The full scores and piano reductions were published in 1816. The copies are first editions for this kind of arrangement. Curiously the copy of "Wellingtons-Sieg" also contains the "prepayment ad" which was only part of the first edition of the piano reduction. I don't know why it is in this edition as well.
399€ |
Berg, Alban: score
Alban Berg: Lied der Lulu aus der gleichnamigen Oper. Klavierauszug von Erwin Stein. Wien: Universal Edition. PN 10229. Printed 1935. 8 pages. Measures 23x31 cm. Outside a bit dirty, inside good.
29€ |
Bibliotheek van den Gitarist
A collection of 11 issues of the "Bibliotheek van den Gitarist", published by Broekmans & van Poppel in Amsterdam, published around 1945. This set contains the number:
1: J. Pzn. Sweelinck - Psalm 5 & Dorische Fantasie 2: J. Pzn. Sweelinck - Psalm 23 & Phrygische Fantasie 4: Oud-Hollandsche Dansmuziek uit den 80-jarigen oorlog 5: Nicolas Derosier - 12 Chaconnes 6: Pietro Miloni - Passacagli; Folia; Pavaniglia, Gagliarda, etc. 9: Gasper Sanz - Pavana, Passacalle, etc. 10: Gasper Sanz - Iacaras & Canarios 19: Francisque Corbett - Allemande Aymee de l'Auteur 65: J. A. Hasse - March & Joh. Chr. Beyer - Menuet 78: J. Seb. Bach: Air 80: Hans Leerink - Vier preludes
All 11 issues with stained title pages, otherwise in good condition. Measures ca. 25x31 cm
49€ |
Cobilovici, Emile: study book
Tableaux synoptiques des Sons harmoniques du Violon par Emile Cobilovici. Paris: Lemoine. PN 22527 H. 4 pages introduction and 12 double-sided, folded pages. Published 1932. Measures ca. 27x35 cm. Margins of title page damaged, title page with several small tears. Pages inside are bound with staples, last double-sided page is loose. Margins worn, sometimes small tears.
Extremely rare study work for violin. I could only find two other copies in public libraries world wide.
99€ |
Carow, Johanna: score
Vergessen. Gedicht von Freiherrn von Dyherrn. Lied für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte op.6 componiert von Johanna Carow. Berlin: W. Ulbrich. PN 111. 3 pages. Published ca. 1905. Measures ca. 26x32 cm. Unbound from a book of scores, hence the small handwritten page numbers at the top corners. Margins a bit worn.
Rare score! I could not find any other copy at public libraries! It is little known about Johanna Carow, but her first compositions were all published by W. Ulbrich around 1905 up to her op.11.
29€ |
Dussek, Jan Ladislav: first edition
Grand Concert Militaire pour le Piano-Forte avec accompagnement (ad libitum) de violons, alto, oboe, flutes, clarinettes cors et une basse [..] compose et dedie a M.elle. Beauchamp par J. L. Dussek. Opera 40. Paris: Pleyel. PN 239. Published around 1800. Engraved. 29 pages. Measures ca. 27x35 cm. Outside soiled, margins worn throughout. Inside a good copy.
Dussek premiered his piano concerto op.40 in 1798 in the version for piano alone. This print is also only the piano version and missing the orchestral parts which are ad libitum. In 1799 the "Journal typographique et bibliographique" mentioned the "new publication" of this work by Pleyel. Therefore it seems this is the first edition.
299€ |
Dvorak, Antonin & Kreisler, Fritz: score
Antonin Dvorak: Slavische Tanzweisen No.3 G-Dur, for violin and piano (arr. by Fritz Kreisler). Berlin: Simrock. PN 13566. 7+2 pages. Published 1914. Measures ca. 27x34 cm. Margins a bit worn, otherwise fine. From the library of Michel Schwalbe, the former concertmaster of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.
39€ |
Enkserdjis, Leon: violin school
Leon Enkserdjis: L'Enseignement Pratique du Violon. Importance de l'Etude physiologique du mecanisme violonistique. Gammes et Arpeges. Paris: Herelle. Published 1927. 21 pages. With an autograaph inscription by the author to violinist Marcel Chailley. Double-paged wrapper taped at the middle. Some pages loose, margins a bit worn. Otherwise a good copy. From the library of Marie-Therese Chailley-Guiard and with her mark on verso of the title page. Rare violin school, only the French National Library has a copy too.
80€ |
Eule, Karl: rare score
Trois sonates pour le Piano-Forte composees et dediees a son pere Godefroi Eule - Directeur du Theatre nationale a Hambourg - par Charles Eule, Oeuvre II. Only sonata 1 and 3. Vienne: Thade Weigl. PN 932+934. 11+15 pages. Published ca. 1805. First edition. Measures ca. 34x25 cm. Black cardboard covers, outside a bit worn. Inside lightly foxed, otherwise fine.
Karl Eule (1776-1928) was a German composer and since 1809 music director at the theatre in Hamburg (like his father Gottfried Eule before). He composed several operettas which were all premiered in Hamburg and which were quite popular like "Die verliebten Werber" or "Der Unsichtbare". The score of the two piano sonatas for sale here is the only known copy. I could neither trace a second copy via RISM nor worldcat.
199€ |
Gabez, Fernand: violin school
Fernand Gabez: Ecole moderne du Violon. Commencant a la 3e position (facile). AND: Fernand Gabez: Recueil de 5 morceaux faciles pour violon (3e position) avec accompagnement de piano. Orleans: self-published. Published in 1954. 49 + 9 pages. Measures ca. 25x33 cm. Outside slightly soiled, otherwise a fine copy. From the library of Marie-Therese Chailley-Guiard and with her signature on the title page and her mark on verso. Very rare violin school, only the French National Library has a copy too.
79€ |
Genzmer, Harald: signed score
Harald Genzmer: Studien für Klavier zu zwei Händen. Heft 1. Frankfurt: Litolff's. PN 30346. 16 pages. Published 1967. Measures ca. 23x30 cm. Outside a little bit worn on the margins. Inside the last piece with several markings from the renowned piano pedagogue Hildegard Müller-Besemann.
With a handwritten dedication on the title page by composer Harald Genzmer: "Frau Hildegard Müller-Besemann zur Erinnerung an den 12.5.69" and signed by Genzmer.
19€ |
Händel, Georg Friedrich: score
Alexander‘s Feast, an Ode on Saint Cecilia‘s Day. The words by Dryden, the Musick composed in the Year 1736 by G.F. Handel. Full score. London: Samuel Arnold. PN 65-67. Engraved. Published 1790. 141 pages + 2 pages subscriber‘s list. Old cardboard covers, heavily worn and soiled. Spine absent, covers nearly loose. Large water stain on title page and fading out up to page 10. Inside margins worn, a bit soiled at the first and last pages. Measures ca. 26x36 cm.
199€ |
Händel, Georg Friedrich: score
Messiah. A Sacred Oratorio in score with all the Additional Alterations. Composed in the Year 1741 by G.F. Handel. Full score. London: Samuel Arnold. PN 9-13. Engraved. Published 1787. 219 pages, without the portrait of Handel. Front cover missing, fly leaf soiled and damaged. Title page soiled, margins worn. Inside soiled at the margins. Measures ca. 26x36 cm.
199€ |
Händel, Georg Friedrich: score
Georg Friedrich Händel: Drei deutsche Arien (1696) komponiert im Alter von 11 Jahren. Originaldruckbogen des nicht mehr erschienenen 49. Bandes der Händel-Gesamtausgabe Friedrich Chrysanders. Celle: Moeck. PN H.W. 49. 6 pages (paginated 42-47). Engraved. Measures ca. 28x37 cm.
This is the first edition of the "Drei deutschen Arien" by Händel. The publication was scheduled for the 49th and last volume of the complete work edition compiled by Friedrich Chrysander in 1901. But in that year Chrysander died and the last volume was never published. The publishing house Moeck printed copies of this work from the original printing plates and gave them as a gift to friends at the turn of the year 1959/60. This edition was never sold and only few copies were printed. I could only trace 2 other copies in public libraries. Very rare!
99€ |
Haydn, Joseph: score
Joseph Haydn: La reine de France. Overture e concertante arranged for piano solo. London: Longman & Broderip. No PN. Engraved. Published ca. 1790. 12 pages. No title page. In fine condition. Measures ca. 24x32 cm.
69€ |
Haydn, Joseph: score
Sinfonie de Joseph Haydn. Partition No.6. Leipsic: Breitkopf & Härtel. PN 602. Engraved. Published 1808. 25 pages. Margins worn throughout. Outside soiled, inside top margin soiled.
Early full score of the Symphony No.94 „Surprise“ (or in German „mit dem Paukenschlag“) by Joseph Haydn.
299€ |
Hummel, Johann Nepomuk: first edition
Rondeau de Societe pour Piano-Forte, Flute, 2 Violons, Viole, Violoncelle et Contre-Basse obliges, 2 clarinettes, 2 cors et 2 bassons (ad lib.) compose par J.N. Hummel. Oeuvre 117. Paris: Farrenc. PN 457. Published 1831. First edition, Engraved. 21 pages + 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1. Measures ca. 27x35 cm. Title page soiled, margins worn throughout. Inside a good copy.
Rare complete set of all orchestral parts of this popular Rondo by Hummel. Worldcat lists only 4 complete sets world wide.
399€ |
Ligeti, György: autograph score
György Ligeti: Trois Bagatelles for piano. Autograph manuscript of the score. 4 pages. Measures 27x34 cm. Folded in the middle, a bit worn. See
pictures.
The work is dedicated to David Tudor but was first performed by renowned Swedish pianist Karl-Erik Welin at the Fluxus Festival in Wiesbaden on 26 September 1962.
Given the context of the performance the "score" of the composition makes sense because Fluxus negated the idea of a "finished product" in art. In contrast it focused on the process of creating art,
involved different art forms resulting into multimedia-based compositions and tried to break the boundary between artist and audience. Often Fluxus performancces satirized traditional art settings
and tried to disturb the expectations of the audience.
György Ligeti participated only shortly in the Fluxus movement and he composed only three works for it. The Trois Bagatelles was his first Fluxus composition,
followed by "Die Zukunft der Musik" and his Poeme Symphonique.
This manuscript is a great rarity. Ligeti provided his complete estate to the Paul Sacher Stiftung (over 25000 pages of music manuscripts are located there). For
that reason complete music autographs of Ligeti are extremely rare in auctions. I could only trace an auction of the full score of "Atmospheres" at Christie's in 2008 that was sold for ca. 70000€. I
don't expect that there are many more autograph scores by Ligeti out there.
This manuscript comes from the estate of Karl-Erik Welin, the pianist of the premiere performance. I received this information from the previous owner but there is no mark in the score that verifies this. I also talked to the Paul Sacher Stiftung to ask about the authenticity of the manuscript, which they confirmed. The original manuscript of "Trois Bagatelles" is archived at the Paul Sacher Stiftung, the manuscript for sale here is a fair copy done by Ligeti as a present for Karl-Erik Welin. There are no further autographs known of the work.
7999€ |
Ligeti, György: signed score
György Ligeti: Etudes pour piano - premier livre. Facsimile edition. Mainz: Schott. No PN. 38 pages. One of the 100 copies with an autograph by Ligeti, this is number 27. Measures ca. 27x33 cm. A small pencil marking on the title page and the first page, otherwise in very good condition.
449€ |
Ligeti, György: score
György Ligeti: Atmospheres for large orchestra. Full score. Wien: Universal Edition. PN 11418. 19 pages. Measures 30x41 cm. A bit worn outside, inside a fine copy.
69€ |
Ligeti, György: score
György Ligeti: Volumina für Orgel. Frankfurt: Henry Litolff's Verlag / Peters. PN 30383. 2 pages with notes for playing + 24 pages score. Measures ca. 33x26 cm. Small pencil note on title page, otherwise in very good condition.
29€ |
Ligeti, György: score
György Ligeti: Poeme symphonique for 100 metronomes. Mainz: Schott. No PN. Not really a "score" in the traditional meaning, but 4 pages of instructions how to set the metronomes for a performance (which is in fact the "score"). Measures ca. 23x30 cm. In very good condition.
29€ |
Ligeti, György: autograph
Autograph of György Ligeti (full name) on a page of an address book so it seems. On recto and verso of the page handwritten names and addresses or phone numbers by other persons. Ligeti only wrote his name. Measures ca. 10x14 cm.
49€ |
Ligeti, György: program booklet
Program of the world premiere of "Le Grand Macabre" by Ligeti on 12 April 1978 in Stockholm. Published by the Stockholm opera house "Kungliga Teattern AB" in 1978. The booklet consists of 32 pages and includes the 2 page insert with the concert information. Measures ca. 21x15 cm. Title page lightly soiled, inside fine. The insert slightly soiled on the blank outside, inside fine.
Rare! I could only find one other copy at public libraries. "Le Grand Macabre" is the only opera by composer György Ligeti. It received several performances after the premiere, but was nevertheless revised by Ligeti in 1996. So the version presented in this booklet is obsolete now.
89€ |
Martinu, Bohuslav: score
Bohuslav Martinu: Sept arabesques pour violon et piano. Paris: Salabert. PN 15357. 20+8 pages. Published ca. 1950. Measures ca. 26x34 cm. Outside light margins, otherwise in good condition.
39€ |
Mathias, Jean-Jacques: violin school
Jean-Jacques Mathias: Methode de Violon. Theorique, Pratique et Recreative (en 3 parties). All three parts. Paris: Jumade. Published in 1912. 52+52+20 pages. Measures ca. 25x33 cm. Outside soiled, spines slightly damaged, inside fine copies. From the library of Marie-Therese Chailley-Guiard and with her marks on verso of the title pages. Very rare violin school. The French National Library only holds a copy of the first part. The Nederlands Muziek Instituut holds a copy of the thiurd part. And no other copies are listed in public libraries!
149€ |
Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Felix: early score
Sieben Characterstücke für das Pianoforte componiert und Herrn Ludwig Berger hochachtungsvoll zugeeignet von seinem Schüler Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy. Heft I & II (complete). Leipzig: Hofmeister. PN 1770a+b. Engraved. Published 1833. 17+14 pages. Measures ca. 27x34 cm. Outside a bit soiled and foxed, margins worn. Inside good copies.
This is the second edition of the work. It was first printed in 1827 by the Berlin publisher Laue. This publisher existed only from 1820 to 1832 and then was bought by Hofmeister who immediately made an own edition in 1833.
69€ |
Moscheles, Ignaz: first edition
Grand Pou-Pourri concertant pour Pianoforte et Violon par I. Moscheles et Lafont. Vienne: Diabelli. PN 1267. Published 1822. Engraved. First edition. 23 + 8 pages. Measures ca. 34x25 cm. Title page soiled, large tear in the title page reaches within the music, but everything clearly legible. Margins worn throughout. First and last page of the full score loose, same with the violin part. Inside slightly foxed.
This is Ignaz Moscheles composition op.59, composed in 1821 together with violinist Charles Philippe Lafont. Worldcat lists only 3 copies world wide, RISM lists no copy.
69€ |
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: score
Three Sonatas for the Grand and Small Piano Forte composed by W.A. Mozart. Book 16 of a complete collection. London: Broderip & Wilkinson. No PN. Engraved. Published ca. 1805. 31 pages. Outside a bit soiled, margins worn. Inside the top margin soiled on the last pages (not affecting the music). Measures ca. 27x36 cm.
Early edition of KV 280, 282 and 283.
199€ |
Paganini, Niccolo: score
Niccolo Paganini: 6 sonates pour violon et piano op.2, arr. by Ferdinand David. Paris: Heugel. PN L.B.406. 19+8 pages. Measures ca. 24x31 cm. Outside a bit browned, otherwise in good condition.
19€ |
piano 2 hands
Bound collection of Czech music for piano 2 hands. Included are the following editions: 1) Josef Bohuslav Foerster: Crty uhlem [charcoal sketches], for piano op.136. Prag: Mojmir Urbanek. PN 1700. Published 1929. First edition. 14 pages. With the
accompaning copy of a "charcoal sketch"
Most likely bound together in the 1930s. Black covers in good condition, machine-typed index from the first owner and paginated throughout by hand. Inside in fine condition. Measures ca. 24x31
49€ |
piano 2 hands
Bound collection of music for piano 2 hands for beginners. Included are the following editions:
39€ |
Ravel, Maurice: score
Maurice Ravel: Sonate pour violon et piano. Paris: Durand. PN 11273. 32+9 pages. Later reissue. Measures ca. 27x34 cm. Margins of the protective cover worn, otherwise in good condition.
39€ |
Ravel, Maurice: score
Maurice Ravel: Tripatos. Melodie populaire grecque inedite, harmonisee par Maurice Ravel. Supplement du Numero Special consacre a Ravel, de Decembre 1938. REVUE MUSICALE. PN R.M.86. Published 1938. 4 pages. Measures ca. 19x25 cm. Pages loose, title page damaged but no effect to the music or text, margins with a few damages.
First edition of this work and a rare publication in the work catalogue of Maurice Ravel.
29€ |
Rossini, Gioachino: score
Il Turco in Italia. Opera buffa in due atti. Musica del Sigr. Maestro Rossini, ridotto per il cembalo solo da M. I. Leidesdorf. Vienna: Leidesdorf. PN 374, 376-389. Engraved. Published 1823. 81 pages. Measures ca. 23x32 cm. Outside a bit soiled, inside fine. Binding a bit loose.
99€ |
Russian piano music
Collection of 19 piano scores by Russian composers, many in first editions from around 1900. The rarest item is surely the score of the Piano sonata No.2 op.15 by Constanin Bürgel. I could only find one other copy in public libraires. The whole collection contains:
1) Nikolai Amani: Tema von Variazioni pour piano op.3. Leipzig: Belaieff. PN 2249. 19 pages.
Black cardboard covers, these a bit worn and margins with a few damages. Inside all scores have the handwritten name of Austrian pianist Oskar Angermann (*1873) on the title page or first music page. The scores generally in good condition, no damages, no markings, sometimes pages a bit browned. Measures ca. 28x35 cm.
399€ |
Samazeuilh, Gustave: signed score
Gustave Samazeuilh: Lamento et moto perpetuo pour violon seul. Paris: Durand. PN 13883. 3 pages. Published 1959. Measures ca. 25x33 cm. In very fine condition.
Signed on the first music page by the composer with a dedication to Michal Schwalbe, the former concertmaster of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra: "a Michel Schwalbe avec mon meilleur souvenir et en hommage interesse", dated April 1963.
49€ |
Saint-Saens, Camille: score
Camille Saint-Saens: Havanaise pour violon et piano op.83 (full score only). Paris: Durand. PN 3860. 15 pages. Measures ca. 27x34 cm. Margins of the protective cover worn, otherwise in good condition.
29€ |
Schradieck, Henry: score
25 Studien für Violine componiert von Henry Schradieck op.1 Heft 2. Leipzig: Kistner. PN 4876. 37 pages. Published ca. 1878. Measures 27x34 cm. Outside a bit soiled, margins worn.
29€ |
Seling, Hugo: violin school
Hugo Seling: Wie und Warum. Die neue Geigenschule. Lehrerheft. Leipzig: Peters. PN 11694. 57 pages. Published 1952. Measures ca. 23x30 cm. Outside margins slightly damaged, inside a good copy.
19€ |
Wittich, Martha von: score
Zwei Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte von Martha von Wittich. No.2 Der Zeisig. Berlin & Chicago: Thelen. PN 429. 3 pages. Published ca. 1895. Measures ca. 26x32 cm. Unbound from a book of scores, hence the small handwritten page numbers at the top corners. Margins a bit worn.
Rare score, I could only trace one other copy at public libraries. Martha von Wittich (1858-1931) was one of those early female composer at the end of the 19th century which were long forgotten and are now revived.
19€ |
other items for sale:
Bach, Johann Sebastian: facsimile
Johann Sebastian Bach: Weltliche Kantate "Tönet, ihr Pauken! Erschallet, Trompeten" BWV 214. Facsimile of the print of the text which was handed out at the premiere of the work on 8 December 1733. This facsimile was given to all members of the „Neue Bachgesellschaft“ in 1914. Measures ca. 23x35 cm. 1 double-page. Was once folded twice, otherwise in good condition. Rare!
79€ |
Bach, Maria: scores
Three rare scores of works by the Austrian composer Maria Bach (1896-1978). Only a handful of these copies are archived in public libraries: 1) Cellosonate. Wien: Edition Vienna / Rudolf Jamnig. PN E.V.364. Published 1924. 16+10 pages. Outer double-page sellotaped in the middle, the rest is fine. Possibly with an autograph by Maria Bach on the title page, but I could not verify this. 2) Negroid für Klavier. Wien: Edition Vienna / Rudolf Jamnig. PN E.V.401. Published 1928. 5 pages. Edges worn, otherwise good. 33) Rilke-Lieder für Gesang und Klavier, Heft 2. Wien: Edition Vienna / Rudolf Jamnig. PN E.V.420. Published 1929. 21 pages. Good condition
89€ |
Baillot, Pierre: score
Pierre Baillot: L‘Art du Violon. Nouvelle Methode dediee a ses Eleves. Traduction allemande par J.D. Anton. Mayence et Anvers: Schott. PN 4260. Engraved. 290 pages. Published 1834. Outside worn and a bit soiled, inside slightly foxed. Otherwise good.
199€ |
Baumgartner, Wilhelm: score
Wilhelm Baumgartner: Abendfeier für vier Männerstimmen. Full score and parts. Leipzig: Peters. PN 3727. Engraved. 7 + 4x2 pages. Published 1854. Margins slightly worn, slightly foxed.
29€ |
Bausch, Victor: score
Victor Bausch: Heimatsklänge. Marsch für Pianoforte zu 2 Händen. Self-published. PN 1. 5 pages. With autograph dedication by the composer on the title page, dated 9 April 1910. Rare, I could not find a second copy in public libraries.
29€ |
Beer-Walbrunn, Anton: score
Anton Beer-Walbrunn: Sonate für Violine und Klavier op.30. Cöln: Wunderhorn-Verlag (Tischer & Jagenburg). PN 64. Published 1911. 51 pages full score and 15 pages violin part. Measures ca. 27x34 cm. Very good condition.
39€ |
Beethoven, Ludwig van: early score
Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonates pour piano & violon ou piano & violoncelle. Partie de Piano. Offenbach: Jean Andre. PN 6453, 6454, 6457, 6458, 6459.
31+33+21+17+21 pages. Measures ca. 27x32 cm.
99€ |
Beethoven, Ludwig van: score
Ludwig van Beethoven: Sämmtliche Sonaten für Pianoforte - Hallberger's Pracht-Ausgabe der Classiker. Stuttgart: Hallberger. 2 volumes with all 32 sonatas. PN B I bis B
XXXII. Measures ca. 27x34 cm.
99€ |
Beethoven, Ludwig van: first edition
Ludwig van Beethoven: 4me / Grande Simphonie / en sib majeur / (B Dur) / compose et dediee a / Monsr. le Comte d'Oppersdorf / par / Louis de Beethoven / op.60. Partitur. Bonn et Cologne: Simrock. PN 2078. Published 1823. First edition! Engraved. 195 pages. Measures ca. 16x25 cm. In modern cardboard. Title page a bit soiled and with restored margin, the rest good. All in all a nice copy.
1499€ |
Beethoven, Ludwig van: score
First complete edition of the piano works by Beethoven from 1830. The edition also run ander the title „Oeuvres complets de Piano“ because later volumes also included
piano duos, trios, etc. The piano works were published in 4 sections with a total of 127 issues. The volume presented here contains the first section with 20 issues. The included works are the
following opera: Detailed index: 1) Neuf Variations sur une Marsche de Dressler [WoO 63]. PN 72. 7 pages Covers worn, spine slightly damaged. Binding good. Inside a water stain up to half of the book, sometimes slightly, a few times heavily foxed. Otherwise in good condition. Measures ca. 27x34 cm
299€ |
Beethoven, Ludwig van: score
Ludwig van Beethoven: 4tes Trio (in B) für Pianoforte, Violine (oder Clarinette) u. Violoncell, 11tes Werk. Parts only. Wien: Tobias Haslinger. PN VII, 4. Engraved. Published around 1830. 15 + 4+ 4 + 4 pages. Water stain in all parts, foxed, some pencil markings. Piano part with owner stamp „Ernst Pruscha“ as well as handwritten name „Jos. Stiglitz“. Added is a handwritten copy of the cello part (from around 1870). On the backleaf of the piano part are handwritten notes about performances between 1869 and 1880. Mentioned performers are Perger, Langwara, Schmidbauer.
79€ |
Beethoven Ludwig van: score
3 volumes with parts for different piano trios by Beethoven. The volumes contain the piano part (in full score) as well as parts for violin and cello. All editions were published around 1838 by Johann Andre in Offenbach. Included are the editions: 1-3) Trois trios pour Piano, Violon & Violoncelle, oeuvre 1. No.1 + 2 + 3. Offenbach: Johann Andre. PN 6101, 6102, 6103. pages 37 (7+6), 47 (8+6), 37 (7+6). 4-5) Deux trios pour Pianoforte, Violon & Violoncelle, oeuvre 70. No.1 + 2. Offenbach: Johann Andre. PN 6106, 6107. pages 33 (7+6), 39 (8+8) 6) Grand trio en sib maj. (B Dur) pour Piano, Violon et Violoncelle, oeuvre 97. Offenbach: Johann Andre. PN 6108. 47 (11+11) pages All three volumes worn outside, slight defects at the spine. Inside a few handwritten markings, lower margins a bit soiled, one corner restored (without effect to the music), sometimes slightly foxed, sometimes margins with small tears.
89€ |
Beethoven, Ludwig van: score
Collection of piano scores by Ludwig van Beethoven. Part of the series „Sonates & c. pour Pianoforte – Livre III“. Published by Johann Andre in Offenbach around 1842. Contains the following works: 1) Deux Sonates faciles pour le Pianoforte, oeuvre 49 Nr.1. PN 2122 (I). 9 pages Covers worn, spine damaged, binding a bit loose. Inside slightly foxed, otherwise good. Measures ca. 27x34 cm
99€ |
Beethoven, Ludwig van: score
Grande Sonate Lab maj. (As dur) pour le Pianoforte composee par L. van Beethoven, oeuvre 26. Offenbach: Johann Andre. PN 3060. 19 pages. Published around 1840. Measures ca. 26x32 cm. Binding taped. Price sticker on title pagee. A bit soiled, margins worn.
29€ |
Bellini, Vincenzo: score
Vincenzo Bellini: I Montecchi e Capuleti. Opera in due atti, ridotta per Piano-Forte. Milano: Ricordi. PN 5259-5269. Engraved. 87 pages. Published 1831. First edition! Outside worn, inside slightly foxed, otherwise good.
149€ |
Berens, C.: score
Potpourri pour la flute d‘apres des Themes favoris de l‘Opera: Norma de Vincent Bellini compose par C. Berens op.44. Hambourg: Cranz. No PN. Engraved. Published around 1820. 11 pages. Measures ca. 27x34 cm. Outside soiled undd heavily foxed inside, Margins worn. Rare, I could not find a second copy in public libraries.
39€ |
Berens, C.: score
Potpourri pour la flute d‘apres des Themes favoris de l‘Opera: La Sonnambula de V. Bellini compose par C. Berens op.45. Hambourg: Cranz. No PN. Engraved. Published around 1820. 11 pages. Measures ca. 27x34 cm. Outside soiled undd heavily foxed inside, Margins worn. Rare, I could not find a second copy in public libraries.
39€ |
Berg, Alban: book
Alban Berg: A. Schönberg - Gurrelieder. Führer (Kleine Ausgabe). Wien: Universal Edition. Ausgabe Nr. 5275. Photo of Arnold Schönberg + 45 pages + 3 pages advertisment. Measures ca. 14x22 cm. Outside a bit soiled, inside slightly foxed. Back cover a bit stripped from the staples. This analysis by Alban Berg was first published in a small and large edition in 1914. New copies were produced in the following years over and over again and added with actual advertisement of the publishing house. For that reason one can identify the publication date of each copy from the adverts at the end. In this copy the latest publication are the „Vier Lieder op.22“ by Schönberg and these were published in 1917. So this book dates from that year as well.
29€ |
Beriot, Charles de: scores
Collection of 4 scores all related to compositions by Charles de Beriot. The book contains: Covers worn, damaged spine, binding a bit loose. Inside heavily foxed. Measures ca. 27x34 cm.
99€ |
Beriot, Charles de: score
Charles de Beriot: Methode de Violon op.102. Mayence: Schott. PN 15000. All three parts: The first two in lithography, third part engraved. 276 pages. On the title page of the first part is a handwritten note „Gekauft am 25. Juni 1877“ (bought on 25 June 1877). Title page of the first part with repaired defects, soiled. Six sticker with composer heads were glued on the flyleaf of the second part. Inside foxed. Early edition of this important violin school.
79€ |
Bialas, Günter: autograph
For sale is a card with the autograph of Bialas. Dated 28 January 1970. Card measures 15x10 cm. Verso blank, good condition.
19€ |
Boehner, Louis: score
Palm-Ouverture componirt und für‘s Pianoforte zu vier Händen bearbeitet von Louis Boehner op.150. 2. edition. Langensalza: Schulbuchhandlung d. Th. L. Vins. Published around 1850. 9 pages. Measures ca. 25x29 cm. A bit soiled, otherwise a good copy. Rare, I could not find a second copy in public libraries.
29€ |
Boulez, Pierre: signed photo
Pierre Boulez (1925-2016) was a French composer, conductor and – as Wikipedia says - „one of the dominant figures of the post-war classical music world“. He studied under Olivier Messiaen and Rene Leibowitz. In the 1950s he was one of the leading figures of avant-garde music and several of his compositions are considered as landmarks of 20th century music, like „Le marteau sans maitre“ or „Pli selon pli“. Beside his activities as a composer Pierre Boulez was also an important conductor. He was principal conductor of the New York Philharmonic, the BBC Symphony Orchestra, music director of the Ensemble Intercontemporain and guest conductor to nearly all major orchestras in the world. For sale is here a large photo of Pierre Boulez with a personal inscription and autograph below. The photo measures ca. 14x18 cm and is sticked on a larger cardboard (measuring ca. 21x29 cm). Below Pierre Boulez wrote in his own hand: „Nach Original aus ...exploisante-fixe... Mit besten Wünschen“. It is signed by Boulez and dated „Berlin, 23.1.96“. The verso of the cardboard is blank. 99€ |
Boulez, Pierre: signed photo
For sale is here a large signed photo of Pierre Boulez. The photo measures ca. 22x17 cm and is a real print on Fujifilm Supreme Photo Paper. Pierre Boulez signed the photo on the wrist. The signature was made in September 2008 at the music festival in Berlin.
49€ |
Bruch, Max: score
Two publications related to the opera „Hermione op.40“ by Max Bruch. The opera was composed in 1872 and premiered the same year. But the work failed and was repeated
only a few times. It is said that the bad libretto by Emil Hopffer was the reason for this failure. Therefore printings related to Hermione are rare.
299€ |
Busch, Adolf: score
Adolf Busch: Der Blick, für eine hohe Singstimme, Violine und Klavier op.3c. Berlin: Simrock. PN 14423. 7 + 1 pages. Measures ca. 27x34 cm. Water stain, binding taped. Rare, I could only trace one other copy in public libraries.
39€ |
Cimarosa, Domenico: early score
Domenico Cimarosa: Il Matrimonio per Raggiro – Die Heurath durch List. Eine komische Oper in zwei Akten. Im Klavierauszug von G.B. Bierey. Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel. No PN. Published around 1800. 13 parts (Ouverture + parts No.1 to 12) with individual pagination, a total of 164 pages. Foxed, otherwise good.
99€ |
Cimarosa, Domenico: early handwritten score
Domenico Cimarosa (1749-1801): Scena ed Aria. Aria „Non so d‘onde viene“ from the opera „L‘olimpiade“ (1784). 51 pages, measures ca. 30x24 cm. Handwritten full score for 2 horns, 2 oboes, 2 violins, 2 violas, basso and voice. Title page with the handwritten name of „Madame Colette Reiset“ as well as „Mme Colette Godefroy“. That means the score was in possession of Colette de Reiset before her marriage in 1804. At the end of the score the reference to the copyist: „Vigano Copiste / Rue / & / Maison / Victoire / N.4“. Colette de Reiset (1782-1850) was a noble lady. She received music lessons from Louis Joseph Saint-Amans and became a good amateur pianist. In 1804 she married Comte de Reiset, a senior official of the French government. Colette Reiset used her social position to organise concerts and support composers. Several compositions are dedicated to her, for example works by Pierre Baillot or Jean Baptiste Desormery. In addition she collected music scores and built a huge library. Colette Reiset died 1850 in Paris.
89€ |
Cimarosa, Domenico: early handwritten score
Domenico Cimarosa (1749-1801): Duetto „Son lunatico bilioso“ from the opera „Il Matrimonio segreto“. 56 pages, measures ca. 30x24 cm. Handwritten full score for horn, 2 oboes, 2 violins, viola, bassoon, basso and voice. Title page with the handwritten name of „Mme Colette Godefroy“ as well as „Madame Jacques Reiset“. That means the score was in possession of Colette de Reiset before her marriage in 1804. Colette de Reiset (1782-1850) was a noble lady. She received music lessons from Louis Joseph Saint-Amans and became a good amateur pianist. In 1804 she married Comte de Reiset, a senior official of the French government. Colette Reiset used her social position to organise concerts and support composers. Several compositions are dedicated to her, for example works by Pierre Baillot or Jean Baptiste Desormery. In addition she collected music scores and built a huge library. Colette Reiset died 1850 in Paris.
89€ |
Coote jr. Charles: score
Charles Coote jr.: The Great Eastern Polka, for piano. London: Hopwood & Crew's. No PN. 5 pages. Title page and last page loose. First music page with a sellotaped tear. Margins worn.
29€ |
Cramer, Johann Baptist: score
Collection of two early editions of the 84 etudes for piano by Johann Baptist Cramer (1771-1858). These etudes are considered one of the most important works in piano
education. The book includes: 2) Deuxieme Suite / Etude / pour le Piano-Forte / en Quarante-deux Exercises / en differents tons / calcules pour faciliter les progres de ceux qui se / proposent d'etudier cet instrument a fond. Livre II. Paris: Frey. No PN. 89 pages. Engraved. There is little information about the publishing house „Frey“. It took over the publishing house of Cherubini, Mehul et Comp. In 1811. Therefore the copy here must have been published shortly before this acquisition and was released just shortly after the first edition by Cramer in 1809. Rare, I could not find a second copy of this edition neither in RISM nor worldcat. Covers worn, spine slightly damaged at the top and bottom. Binding strong. Inside a nice copy. Handwritten name on the flyleaf „Teodor de Orsy (?)“
399€ |
Curschmann, Friedrich: score
Friedrich Curschmann: Sechs Gesänge mit Begleitung des Piano-Forte op.3. Berlin: Rudolph Zesch. No PN. Engraved. Published around 1835. 23 pages. Binding taped, foxed.
39€ |
Curschmann, Friedrich: score
Friedrich Curschmann: Ditirambo per tre voci di Tenore coll‘accompagnamento di Piano op.10. Berlin: Trautwein. PN 496. Engraved. 11 pages. Published 1835. Margins worn, otherwise in good condition.
39€ |
Degen, Helmut: signed score + signed letters
Helmut Degen (1911-1995) was a German composer and conductor. After his studies Degen lectured at different conservatories in Germany before he finally moved to the conservatory in Trossingen in 1947. There he taught until his retirement. For sale is a small collection of items related to Helmut Degen:
49€ |
Döhl, Friedhelm: signed score
Friedhelm Döhl: Cubecracks, for 4 percussionsts. Private copy of the score, unbound. With autograph dedication by Friedhelm Döhl, dated 1.9.1996. 29€ |
Dohnanyi, Ernst von: score
Ernst von Dohnanyi: Suite nach altem Stil für Klavier op.24. Berlin: Simrock. PN 13417. 30 pages. Measures ca. 27x34 cm. Outside a bit soiled, binding taped, inside good.
49€ |
Drinkwater, John: autograph
First edition of the poem „Graduation song“ by John Drinkwater as well as the score of the song (music by John Ireland), published by Curwen in London. Both copies are
signed by John Drinkwater.
39€ |
Dutilleux, Henri: score
Henri Dutilleux: La Geole pour Baryton ou Mezzo-soprano chant et piano. Paris: Durand. PN 13229. 7 pages. Published 1946. From the library of the French composer
Claude Pascal (1921-2017) with his name on the title page. Good condition.
79€ |
Dutilleux, Henri: score
Henri Dutilleux: Sonate pour piano. Paris: Durand. PN 13403. Published 1949. Measures ca. 27x35 cm. From the library of the French composer Claude Pascal (1921-2017) with his name on the title page. Margins of the title page worn, inside good condition.
39€ |
Dutilleux, Henri: score
Henri Dutilleux: Sonate pour piano. Paris: Durand. PN 13403. Published 1949. Measures ca. 27x35 cm. Margins of the title page worn, inside good condition.
39€ |
Dutilleux, Henri: score
Henri Dutilleux: Au gre des ondes. Six petites Pieces pour Piano. Paris: Leduc. PN 20446. 16 pages. Measures ca. 21x30 cm. From the library of the French composer
Claude Pascal (1921-2017) with his name on the title page. Outside slightly worn, inside a good copy.
79€ |
Dutilleux, Henri: score
Henri Dutilleux: Quatre Melodies pour Baryton ou Mezzo-soprano chant et piano. All 4 songs (without 2bis). Paris: Durand. PN 13182-13185. 12+3+4+7 pages. Published
1943. Good condition.
99€ |
Dutilleux, Henri: score
Henri Dutilleux: Le Loup. Ballet de Jean Anouilh et Georges Neveux. Reduction pour piano. Paris: Ricordi. PN 1299. 39 pages. Measures ca. 25x32 cm. Published 1954. Outside a bit worn, otherwise in good condition.
49€ |
Dutilleux, Henri: score
Henri Dutilleux: Sonate pour hautbois et piano. Paris: Costallat. PN 3212. Published 1947. Measures ca. 27x35 cm. From the library of the French composer Claude Pascal
(1921-2017) with his name on the title page. Good condition.
79€ |
Egk, Werner: autograph
Werner Egk (1901-1983) was German composer. He studied under Carl Orff. During the Nazi regime between 1933 and 1945 Werner Egk composed music for propaganda films. Nevertheless he could continue his career after 1945 and later became director the conservatory in Berlin (West), president of the German Composers‘ Union and head of the German Society for musical performing and mechanical reproduction rights (GEMA). For sale is a portrait postcard of Werner Egk with his autograph below the photo. Verso is blank, so was not in mail. Measures ca. 10x15 cm. Good condition.
39€ |
Eisenmann, Will: signed score
Will Eisenmann: Ballade I op. 53 and Ballade II op.74, both for flute and piano. Ballade I: Copy of the handwritten score and autograph manuscript of the flute part in the hand of the second wife Eva of the composer (who did the main final copying) Ballade II: Handwritten fair copies of full score and flute part in the hand of the second wife Eva of the composer. The score has also an autograph dedication by Will Eisenmann to Gabriele Zimmermann. 5 pages + part (Ballade I) and 8 pages + part (Ballade II) 39€ |
facsimile collection
Internationale Musik- und Theateraustellung Wien 1892 - Ricordi & Co, Drucker und Verleger, Mailand. Album der Noten-Fac-Simili. Mailand: Ricordi. Published 1892. 36 double-pages (index and und 35 facsimiles (complete)). Measures ca. 24x32 cm. Outside worn, margins worn, slightly foxed, otherwise in good condition. In 1892 a large music exhibition took place in Vienna. The Italian publishing house Ricordi was a main contributor and supporter of this event. To celebrate this they printed a book in 2 volumes: volume one contained the history of the publishing house and volume two with facsimiles of the most important manuscripts in their archive. The second volume is rare and if offered often incomplete (with only 33 or 34 facsimiles).
199€ |
Faure, Gabriel: score
Gabriel Faure: Quatuor op.121. Reproduction Photographique du Manuscrit. Paris: Durand. 54 pages. Measures ca. 29x38 cm. String bound, luxury and limited edition. The String quartet op.121 was composed in 1924, this facsimile was published a year later. The margins slightly worn, otherwise in good condition. Rare!
179€ |
Feldman, Morton: score
Morton Feldman: Coptic Light for orchestra. London: Universal Edition. 1986. PN 18435. 24 pages. Full score. First edition. Measures ca. 31x43 cm. Rare to find. Outside a little wear, inside a fine copy.
99€ |
Fioravanti, Valentino: early score
Valentino Fioravanti: Die Dorfsängerinnen. Komische Oper in zwei Akten. Vollständiger Klavierauszug von C. Klage. Only the first act. Leipzig: Kunst- und Industrie-Comptoir. PN 262. Published around 1815. 119 pages. One page damaged, but complete. The rest in good condition.
79€ |
Fortner, Wolfgang: autograph musical quotation signed (AMQS)
For sale is a small collection of documents related to Wolfgang Fortner:
59€ |
Fukar, Gustav: musical estate
Part of the musical estate of the bass/baritone Gustav Fukar (1879 - after 1948). Gustav Fukar studied singing at the conservatory in Vienna and later worked as a
vocal teacher and singer in Vienna. He performed in solo recitals but also as soloist with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. 1) Autograph manuscript of the text „Das Stauprinzip und seine Verwendung im Gesangsunterricht“ written by Gustav Fukar. 7 pages. Dated 1918. On the first page a note in pencil „nach Druck 10 Abz.“ (=after printing 10 copies). But I could not find information that the text was ever published, so it seems likely that the text remained unpublished. 2) personal documents like records of studies (with signatures by Richard von Perger, Rosa Papier-Paumgartner, Eduard Unger), certificate of impecuniousness, etc. 3) some letters to Gustav Fukar 4) concert programs of his performances 5) signed photo of one of his students (unidentified) Generally in good condition.
49€ |
Gazzaniga, Giuseppe: early handwritten score
Colette de Reiset (1782-1850) was a noble lady. She received music lessons from Louis Joseph Saint-Amans and became a good amateur pianist. In 1804 she married Comte de Reiset, a senior official of the French government. Colette Reiset used her social position to organise concerts and support composers. Several compositions are dedicated to her, for example works by Pierre Baillot or Jean Baptiste Desormery. In addition she collected music scores and built a huge library. Colette Reiset died 1850 in Paris.
99€ |
German National Anthem: first edition
Das Lied der Deutschen von Hoffmann von Fallersleben. Melodie nach Joseph Haydn's: "Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser, unsern guten Kaiser Franz!". Arrangirt für die Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte oder der Guitarre. (Text Eigenthum der Verleger). 1. September 1841. First edition! Hamburg, bei Hoffmann und Campe. Stuttgart, bei Paul Neff. 2 sheets. Measures ca. 19x28 cm. Modern red Maroquin covers, title coined in gold. 2 flyleafs and back leafs. Outside only slightly worn, on the back cover a few scratches. Music inside a bit foxed, otherwise good. The history of the German National Anthem starts in 1797 with the composition „Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser“ by Joseph Haydn which was written to tribute Emperor
Francis II, the last emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. After the breakdown of the empire in 1806 different forces acted on the German kingdoms (for example the French under Napoleon) and caused a
German patriotism. This took form in many new patriotic songs („Rheinlieder“). Hoffmann von Fallersleben made holidays on Heligoland in the summer of 1841. On 26 August 1841 he wrote the three
stanzas that later made up the anthem. The text was written especially for the melody by Haydn and so a reference to the „old empire“. Three days later the book dealers Campe and Neff came to
Heligoland to bring Hoffmann von Fallersleben the first copies of his recently published book „Unpolitische Lieder“. At this occasion Hoffmann von Fallersleben mentioned his new creation and the two
book dealers agreed to publish the work. Only two days later (!) on 1 September 1841 the score was published.
1499€ |
Gilson, Paul: signed score
Paul Gilson: Suite Nocturne pour piano. Bruxelles: L'Art Belge. PN A.B.450-454. 20 pages. Measures ca. 27x34 cm. With a autograph dedication on the first music page: "a Madame M. Cohen-Herzberg / Hommage cordial", signed and dated 1932. Paul Gilson (1865-1942) was a Belgian composer and the leading figure in Belgium around 1900. He won the "Prix de Rome" with his cantata "Sinai" in 1889. Gilson is recognised as the „heart of the romantic Belgian music tradition“.
79€ |
Goepfart, Karl: signed score
Karl Goepfart: Legende - Ballade für Männerchor a cappella. Potsdam: Verlag Kaiser-Wilhelm-Straße 13 II, 5. Auflage. 6 pages, 4vo. Autograph dedication and signature
on the front cover. 39€ |
Gollmick, Carl: score
VI themes avec variations d‘une difficulte progressive pour piano-forte composes par Ch. Gollmick oeuvre 8. Offenbach: Andre. PN 4347. Engraved. Published 1822. 15 pages. Measures ca. 32x24 cm. Large Water stain on all pages.
39€ |
Gress, Karl: score
Karl Gress: Auferstehungsmesse für Soli, gemischten Chor und Orgel (4 Bläser ad libitum) op.7. Full score. Düsseldorf: Schwann. PN 1572. 27 pages. Measures ca. 27x34 cm. Title page worn on the corners, many water stains. Inside a good copy. Karl Gress (1888-1971) was a composer and organist. In studied in Freiburg im Breisgau and worked as a choir master in Konstanz, Lenzkirch and Ottobeuren. His mass op.7 is dedicated to former archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau Conrad Gröber, who held this position from 1932 to 1948. Therefore the mass must have been composed around 1935. Rare, I could not find a second copy in public libraries.
49€ |
Gretry, Andre Erneste Modeste: score
Les Deux Avares. Opera boufon en deux Actes. [..] dedie a Monseigneur Leduc d'Aumont par M. Gretri. Full score. Paris: Dezauche. No PN. 134 pages. Published in 1771. Measures ca. 26x33 cm. Covers heavily worn, margins damaged, spine with damages (but no pages loose). Inside title page a bit soiled, some foxing, otherwise good.
The opera-comique "Les deux avares" was composed and premiered in October 1770. Then the work was revised and the new premiere took place in December 1770. After a second revision the third premiere was given in 1773. The score offered here contains the second version of the work and was published shortly after the second premiere in 1771. The cover bears the coined name "Mr. Le Comte Duchatelet" which likely refers to Louis Marie Florent du Chatelet (1727-1793), a French army general and diplomat.
699€ |
Grust, J.: score
19€ |
guitar work
Lieblingslied des Herrn Wild: Flattre, flattre kleiner Vogel, for voice, guitar and piano. Göttingen: J. G. H. Hübner. Published around 1820. 3 pages. Measures ca. 18x29 cm. Several tears, that were sewed (!). Margins with defects. Rare!
49€ |
guitar work
Lieblingslied „Fordre Niemand mein Schicksal“ aus der Oper „Der alte Feldherr oder Der Kriegszug nach Norden“ mit leichter Pianoforte und Guitarre Begleitung. Göttingen: J. G. H. Hübner. Published around 1820. 3 pages. Margins worn, binding taped. Rare, I could not trace another copy in public libraries.
79€ |
Haas, Joseph: score
Joseph Haas. Hausmärchen - Neun Klavierstücke op.35. München: Wunderhorn-Verlag. PN 118. 11 pages. Outside a bit soiled, title page with a small defect. Inside good.
19€ |
Haas, Joseph: score
Joseph Haas: Wichtelmänncheen - Sechs Tanzmärchen für Klavier zu 2 Händen op.27. München: Wunderhorn Verlag. PN 10. 13 pages. Measures ca. 26x31 cm. Outside a bit soiled, water stain on all pages.
19€ |
Haas, Joseph: score
Joseph Haas: Eulenspiegeleien - Allerhand Variationen über ein kurzweiliges Thema für Klavier op.39. München: Wunderhorn Verlag. PN 200. 31 pages. Measures ca. 26x31 cm. Outside a bit soiled, inside good.
19€ |
Haas, Joseph: score
Joseph Haas: Schwänke und Idyllen für Klavier op.55. Mainz: Schott. PN 30692. 27 pages. Measures ca. 24x31 cm. Outside a bit soiled, large tear. Binding sellotaped. Inside good.
19€ |
Haas, Joseph: score
Joseph Haas: Alte, unnennbare Tage! Elegien für Klavier op.42. München: Wunderhorn-Verlag. 19 pages. Measures ca. 26x32 cm. Outside worn, inside good.
19€ |
Haas, Joseph: score
Joseph Haas: Deutsche Reigen und Romanzen - Ein Cyclus für Klavier op.51. München: Wunderhorn-Verlag. PN 375. 17 pages. Measures ca. 26x32 cm. Outside a bit soiled, inside good.
19€ |
Händel, Georg Friedrich: score
Georg Friedrich Händel: 12 Sopran-Arien aus verschiedenen Opern mit Begleitung des Pianoforte bearbeitet von Robert Franz. Leipzig: Kistner. PN 3424-3435, 3436-3439. 23 pages. Engraved. Published 1869. Measures ca. 27x34 cm. This copy comes from the estate of soprano Anna Schimon-Regan. The title page bears her name "Anna Regan" (that was before her marriage in 1872 to Adolf Schimon). The score contains several handwritten changes to the piano part that are of historical interest. Title page loose. Margins worn and soiled.
39€ |
Hauer, Josef: score
Josef Hauer: Lieder von Friedrich Hölderlin für eine Singstimme und Klavier op.6. Eigentum des Komponisten, Wien, VIII. Josefstädterstr. 74. PN J.H.1. 10 pages. Measures ca. 27x34 cm. Outside soiled, margins worn. Inside edges soiled. The back cover (without music nor text) with large water stain that had a small effect on the previous page. Rare first edition of the „5 Lieder op.6“ by Hauer. Furthermore the first release of his self-publishing activity (plate number „J.H.1“). Josef Hauer published his first compositions this way before he finally signed with Universal Edition in Vienna.
149€ |
Haydn, Joseph: score
Die sieben Worte des Erlösers am Kreutze. Oratorium von J. Haydn. Clavierauszug mit deutsch und italienischem Texte. Bonn und Cöln: Simrock. PN 1876. Engraved. Published 1822. 63 pages. Measures ca. 34x27 cm. Covers worn, inside foxed, otherwise good.
69€ |
Heinisch, Thomas: score
Thomas Heinisch: Abglanz und Schweigen – Recitativ für Ensemble (1996). Wien: Apoll-Edition Nr. 4024. Full score, 43 pages. Measures 30x42 cm. Good condition. Full score only available for hire from the publishing house!
39€ |
Hirblinger, Michael: score
Michael Hirblinger: Feuriges Blut, Marsch zu vier Händen. Lauingen: J. Haban. PN 1. 5 pages. Good condition.
49€ |
Hirblinger, Michael: score
Michael Hirblinger: Frisch ins Leben! Marsch zu vier Händen. Lauingen: J. Haban. PN 3. 7 pages. Good condition.
49€ |
Holenia, Hanns: score
Hanns Holenia: Fünf leichte Klavierstücke für Kinder op.29. Wien: Siegfried Stanberg. No PN. Published 1942. 11 pages. Measures ca. 23x31 cm. Outside worn, otherwise a good copy. Rare! Even the Austrian National Library doesn‘t hold a copy of this work.
49€ |
Holm, Peter: score
Peter Holm: Zackig, Zackig ist die Fliegerei, für Gesang und Klavier. Berlin: Edition Baltic: PN 800. Published 1943. 11 pages. In good condition. Rare
49€ |
Hummel, Johann Nepomuk: score
Grosses Concert in As-Dur für das Piano-Forte allein. Componirt und der Frau Generalinn Albrecht, geboren von Lang, in München, gewidmet von J. N. Hummel, 113tes Werk. Wien: Tobias Haslinger. PN 5601. Engraved. 45 pages. Outside soiled, small worm hole, inside a good copy. First edition of the arrangement for piano 2 hands. Published around 1830.
149€ |
Jägermeier, Otto: scores
A nice collection of scores of the „composer Otto Jägermeier“. Otto Jägermeier is a fictitious composer invented by several musicologists and composers who added „biographical information“ and compositions to the life of Otto Jägermeier. In the 1980s and 90s Otto Jägermeier became quite popular and a Jägermeier Society and a publishing house (OJOT) for his works were founded. At that time several of his „compositions“ were performed and all of them are of humorous character. As a conclusion Otto Jägermeier was the organised running joke of the German classical music scene at that time. In the last decades he fell more and more into oblivion and now his scores are very hard to find. The collection includes: 1) Gute Nacht - Lied für (mittel-)hohe Stimme und Orchester. Full score in autograph (sic!). Berlin: OJOT. PN 008a. 25 pages. 2) Die Wut über die verlorenen Sechser (frei nach Beethovens "Die Wut über den verlorenen Groschen"), für Klavier zu 4 Händen. Berlin: OJOT. PN 004. 21 pages. 3) Au sujet de l'eloignement graduel ("Über die allmähliche Entfernung"). Prelude et Sonate a la breve pour le piano. Berlin: OJOT. PN 002. 25 pages. On verso of the last pages three handwritten poems by an unknown author. 4) Das sterbende Schwein - Rhapsodie für Klavier (und Jagdhorn in die Ferne). Berlin: OJOT. PN 001. 2 pages 5) "Es gibt ja leider Sachen". Lieder Zyklus für Bariton, Klavier und Oboe obl. nach heiter-besinnlichen Versen von Wilhelm Busch. Berlin: OJOT. PN 006. 37 + 7 (oboe) pages 6) Rhapsodie madecasse (Nr. 17 der "Bransles madecasses") für 2 Violinen. Berlin: OJOT. PN 040q. 13+8+8 pages 7) A danser. Tanz-Suite für Klavier-Trio. Berlin: OJOT. PN 005. 13+3+3 pages All scores in goodd condition, outside a bit soiled, otherwise good.
99€ |
Kanetscheider, Arthur: scores
1) Arthur Kanetscheider: Drei Lieder für mittlere Stimme mit Klavierbegleitung (nach Gedichten von Hubert Mumelter), Werk 87. Innsbruck: Self-published. Published 1935. 10 pages. Measures ca. 25x34 cm. 2) Arthur Kanetscheider: Fünf Lieder für mittlere Stimme mit Klavierbegleitung (nach Tiroler Dichtern), Werk 91. Innsbruck: Self-published. 12 pages. Measures ca. 25x34 cm. Both copies in very good condition. Rare! Only the Austrian National Library holds copies of these scores.
49€ |
Kaun, Hugo: signed score
Hugo Kaun (1863-1932) was a German composer with a strong connection to the US, especially Milwaukee. Hugo Kaun was born in Berlin and first studied music at the local Royal Academy of Performing Arts, but continued and finished his studies in Chicago. He settled in Milwaukee, founded the Milwaukee Liederkranz and conducted the local men's choir and therefore had an enormous impact on the musical life. Hugo Kaun was befriended with Theodore Thomas, the founder and conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra who premiered all three symphonies by Hugo Kaun. At the turn of the century Hugo Kaun returned to Germany, taught at the Academy of Arts and became later professor there. From 1922 till his death in 1932 Hugo Kaun was composition teacher at the Klindworth-Scharwenka Conservatory in Berlin. The compositions by Hugo Kaun were late romantic, at the end a combination of Wagner and Impressionism. Hugo Kaun was a friend of Peter Raabe, who later would become the head of the Nazi State Music Institute (Reichsmusikkammer) and therefore his compositions had the "bad luck" to be much performed during the Nazi times and so are somewaht connected with the Nazi regime today. For sale is here the score of the piano reduction of the work "Der Führer" by Hugo Kaun. The work is scored for men's choir and orchestra on a poem by Hagen Thürnau
and refers NOT to Adolf Hitler, but only to a mountain guide from the poem. The score was published around 1930 by the "Amsel-Verlag", a publishing house founded by Hugo Kaun's daughter Maria. This
short-lived company only published works by Hugo Kaun, his last compositions, maybe 10 in total. This is the first publication of the company with plate number A.V.1. It bears an inscription by Hugo
Kaun on the title page saying (roughly translated): "Mister Dr. Siegfried Burgstaller in cordial attitude handed over by the author - 1931". Siegfried Burgstaller was a German composer who later also
made career as an officer in the Nazi State Music Institute. The score has 15 pages, measures ca. 27x35 cm and is in fine condition.
79€ |
Kaun, Hugo: score
Hugo Kaun: Pierrot und Colombine - Vier Episoden für Pianoforte op.71, (complete). Berlin: Challier. PN 3938-3941. 30 pages. Measures ca. 27x34 cm. Binding taped, margins damaged (but no loss of the music). Inside clean. Rare, I could only trace one other copy in public libraries
49€ |
Kaun, Hugo: score
Hugo Kaun: Erste Suite (Märkische) für zwei Pianoforte zu 4 Händen op.92 (Nr. 1-3). Leipzig: Zimmermann. PN 10051. 25 pages. Measures ca. 27x34 cm. Upper margins of the outer cover pages soiled and worn. Outer double-page with a tear in the middle. Inside a good copy.
39€ |
koto music
Collection of Japanese Koto Music by Tokyo Academy of Music. Tokyo: Department of Education. Published 1888. 75 pages with music + 27 pages text in Japanese. Measures ca. 19x26 cm. Traditional Japanese binding. Outside a bit worn, otherwise a good copy. The introduction of the book mentions the goal of the publication: The koto music in Japan was traditionally preserved by word of mouth. Therefore no „koto school“ was ever published. And the Tokyo Academy of Music wanted to fill that gap. So one of the earliest publications on koto music ever! Rare
199€ |
Krenek, Ernst: autograph musical quotation signed (AMQS)
Ernst Krenek (1900-1991) was an Austrian-born, later naturalized US composer. He is one of the most influential composers of the 20th century and his life is full of interesting stories. He studied in Berlin under Franz Schreker, then moved to Vienna where he met the daughter of Gustav Mahler. The couple married and was divorced the same year, while Krenek had an affair with the eminent violinist Alma Moodie who premiered his first violin concerto at that time. In the early 1920s Krenek adopted the twelve-tone technique of Arnold Schoenberg and became one of the spearheads of this technique as well as "modern, atonal" music. His opera "Jonny spielt auf" (1926) with its leading role of a black musician who steals brought up the criticism that Krenek supports the Nazi party in Germany. On the other hand the Nazi Party defamed him and his works for being Jewish (which he wasn't). So Krenek emigrated in 1933 from Europe to the US and taught at different universities. Notable students of him are Milton Babbitt, George Perle or Halim El-Dabh. Krenek is best known for his operas of which he composed 22. For sale is here an autograph musical quotation signed (AMQS) by Ernst Krenek (1900-1991). The card shows the twelve-tone row of an unidentified composition. It is signed below with Krenek's full signature and dated "Hamburg, 19.8.1970". This maybe points to the opera "Sardakai" which was premiered in Hamburg in June 1970. I don't know the score of Sardakai, so could not check if the twelve-tone row belongs to that work. But it seems to be a fair guess. Card measures ca. 15x9 cm, verso is blank.
169€ |
Kricka, Jaroslav: 3 autographs
Jaroslav Kricka (1882-1969) was a Czech composer. He studied first under Vitezslav Novak at the Prague Conservatory and continued his studies in Berlin. Then he worked for three years in Dnepopretrovsk (Russia) where he formed a friendship with the composers Alexander Glazunov and Sergei Taneyev. Then he moved back to Prague, became choir master of the chorus of the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, later he was appointed composition professor at the Prague conservatory. As a conductor Jaroslav Kricka was a champion on Czech and Russian music, he premiered works by Leos Janacek or Vitezslav Novak. Notable students of his professor career are Vaclav Trojan, Jan Kapr or Jan Cikker. His compositions are well performed and respected, but often stand behind his much more popular fellow composers Vitezslav Novak or Joseph Bohuslav Foerster. Nevertheless Jaroslav Kricka is one of the most renowned and distinguished composers and musicians of the Czech Republic.
For sale are here 3 autograph items:
1) autograph postcard signed by Jaroslav Kricka. The postcard is addressed to publisher of Jaroslav Kricka, the - now defunct - Czech publishing house Hudebni Matice in Prague. The postcard dates from 10 October 1948. On verso Jaroslav Kricka writes a note in his own hand. The text is signed below and the place is given above as "Susice - Cerv. Dvorce" which refers to the home of Jaroslav Kricka in Cervene Dvorce near Susice. The postcard has some wear at the edges, but overall in good condition. Measures ca. 14x10 cm. 2) signed score: 2. desitka slezskych pisni, for choir. Brno: Ol. Pazdirek. No PN. 12 pages. With handwritten dedication to Jean Vuaillat, dated 3 September
1947.
69€ |
Küffner, Joseph: score
Joseph Küffner: Ouverture aus der Oper Johann von Wieselburg. Musikalisches Quodlibet für das Pianoforte eingerichtet. Mainz: Schott. PN 1712. Engraved. 10 pages. Published 1822. Margins taped, binding sewed, title page glued on cardboard, water stains throughout.
49€ |
Küster, Herbert: score
Herbert Küster: Drei Kompositionen für zwei Klaviere. Berlin: Birnbach. PN 2913. Published 1937. Outside a bit soiled, inside good. Only two other copies in worldcat.
29€ |
Lachner, Franz: score
Franz Lachner: Zwei Lieder für zwei Sopranstimmen mit Piano-Forte Begleitung op.86. Includes the songs „Abendfeier“ and „Ich liebe dich, weil ich dich lieben muss“. Mainz: Schott. PN 9045. Published 1847. Engraved. 8 pages. Binding sellotaped, otherwise in good condition.
29€ |
Lachner, Franz: score
Franz Lachner: Erste Sinfonie für das Orchester [op.32]. Full score. Wien: Diabelli & Comp. PN 4545. Engraved. 117 pages. Published 1833. First edition, published even before the piano reduction. The publication is part of the Diabelli edition: "Musikalisches Archiv enthaltend classische Instrumental Compositionen von verschiedenen Meistern in Partitur zum besonderen Gebrauch für jene die sich der Tonsetzkunst widmen. No.13". Rare. Measures ca. 26x34 cm. Binding broken, the sections and some individual pages loose. Outside soiled. Inside water stain up to the half of the score.
149€ |
Lechthaler, Josef: score
Josef Lechthaler: Feuersprüche – Deutsche Kantate nach Worten von Ernst Ludwig Schellenberg op.52. Piano reduction. Augsburg: Anton Böhm & Sohn (plate no. 9174), 1942. 58 pages. Measures 23x30 cm. Good condition. Worldcat lists no copy of this score!
79€ |
Lechthaler, Josef: score
Josef Lechthaler: Der Herr, mein Schild – Kantate nach deutschen Chorälen für gemischten Chor, Knabenstimmen, Orchester und Orgel op.35. Piano reduction. Augsburg: Anton Böhm & Sohn. PN 8207. Published 1934. 32 pages full score + 8 pages each for the parts. Measures ca. 27x34 cm. Good condition. Rare
29€ |
Lechthaler, Josef: score
Josef Lechthaler: Freundliche Abendmusik – Trio für Flöte, Klarinette und Gitarre op.53. Augsburg: Anton Böhm & Sohn. PN 9248. 32 pages. Full score, no parts. Good condition
19€ |
Lemba, Arthur: score
Arthur Lemba: Concerto pour piano et orchestre op.2. Piano reduction. Tallinn: Esto-Mussika. No PN. Published 1910. First edition. 55 pages. Measures ca. 27x34 cm. Covers with light margin, title page nearly loose. Inside in good condition. On the inside title page a handwritten dedication to Louise Crepet-Bertrand, a French pianist who was professor at the Schola Cantorum in Paris around 1900. Signature illegible. A first draft of the piano concerto by Arthur Lemba was composed in 1905 but remained unfinished. A second version was finished in 1910. For that reason the title page bears the note „2me edition, nouvellement redigee“. There is no earlier published score. This is the first edition.
79€ |
Lickl, Georg: score
Georg Lickl: Cypressen – Dem Andenken Mariens. Contains: Hymne (Lickl), Adagio (Clementi) and Adagio und Andante (Beethoven) arranged for Physharmonica with accompaniment of the Pianoforte. Wien: Haslinger. PN 10518. Published 1848. 15 + 7 pages. Binding taped, outside a bit worn.
39€ |
Lickl, Georg: score
Georg Lickl: Mozarts Trio für Physharmonica und Pianoforte op.51. Leipzig: Cranz. PN C.S. 9261. Published around 1880. 15+12 pages. Outside a bit worn, otherwise good. I could only trace one other copy in public libraries.
39€ |
Liszt, Franz: scores
Bound collection of three early editions of arrangements by Franz Liszt of songs by Franz Schubert. The collection contains: 1) Die Forelle, Lied von Fr. Schubert für das Piano, Zweite Version von Fr. Liszt. Wien: Diabelli. PN D. et C. 8376. Engraved. 15 pages. Published 1846 All three copies bound together with sellotape. Inside slightly foxed.
129€ |
Litolff, Henri: score
Henri Litolff: Troisieme Concerto Symphonique National Hollandais pour Piano et Orchestre oeuvre 45. Piano reduction. Paris: Richault. PN 13226. Engraved. Published 1858. First edition. 75 pages. Measures ca. 27x34 cm. Title page wwith tear, binding taped. Inside margins worn, a bit soiled.
79€ |
Lopatnikoff, Nikolai: autograph musical quotation signed (AMQS)
Nikolai Lopatnikoff (1903-1976) was a Russian-born and later naturalized American composer. He first studied in St. Petersburg, but his family had to flee from the Russian Revolution first to Helsinki (where he studied at the Sibelius Academy) and then to Germany. His teachers were Ernst Toch and Hermann Grabner. Early compositions of him were his two piano concertos and the First Symphony which all were performed widely in Europe during the 1930s. Lopatnikoff was also invited to compose a work for the Welte Mignon mechanical piano in 1936 (like George Antheil or Gerhard Muench). His success raised interest by Aaron Copland and Serge Koussevitzky which led to a longtime friendship and many premieres of Lopatnikoff's works by the Boston Symphony Orchestra of Koussevitzky. In 1939 Lopatnikoff emigrated in the USA where he finally setlled in Pittsburgh and lectured as a professor for composition at the Carnegie Mellon University. For sale is here an autograph musical quotation signed by Nikolai Lopatnikoff (1903-1976). It shows three bars from his Symphony No.2 op.24. The work dates from 1939 and was premiered by the Boston Symphony Orchestra under Serge Koussevitzky on 23 December 1939. Below the handwritten music quotation is the signature of Lopatnikoff. The autograph is not dated. Verso is mainly blank, but shows the number 255 in one corner. Surely Lopatnikoff cut out this paper snippet from a larger manuscript with this page being number 255. Measures ca. 25x11 cm. Very good condition.
149€ |
Maasz, Gerhard: signed score
Gerhard Maasz: Divertimento, for flute, 2 violins, viola and cello. Hamburg: Sikorski (No. 357) 1955. 12 pages + parts for flute, violin I, violin II, viola and cello. With autograph dedication by Gerhard Massz to flutist Gabriele Zimmermann, dated Christmas 1955. 29€ |
Maasz, Gerhard: signed score
Gerhard Maasz: Concertino for flute, violin, cello and harpsichord. Kassel: Bärenreiter (No. 3331) 1960. 23 pages + parts for flute, violin and cello. With autograph dedication by Gerhard Maasz to flutist Gabriele Zimmermann, dated Christmas 1960.
29€ |
Malige, Fred: score
Fred Malige: Streichquartett C-Moll für zwei Violinen, Viola und Cello. Study score. Leipzig/Berlin: Pro Musica Verlag. PN 180. Published 1955. 39 pages. Measures ca. 15x21 cm. With the stamp of the composer on the title page. Title page a bit worn, small water stain. Otherwise good.
39€ |
Malipiero, Gian Francesco: autograph letter signed (ALS)
Gian Francesco Malipiero (1882-1973) was an Italian composer. He studied with his father Francesco Malipiero, later under Marco Enrico Bossi, but was also largely self-taught. After attending the world premiere of Stravinsky's "Sacre de Printemps" in Paris in 1913 and meeting fellow composers Alfredo Casella and Gabriele d'Annunzio, he withdrew nearly all of his early compositions and came to a new, personal compositional style. Malipiero was professor at the conservatory in Venice for 20 years until his retirement. Among his notable students are Luigi Nono, Roger Sessions and his own nephew Riccardo Malipiero. Malipiero's compositions are important examples in the oeuvre of the 20th century and are still performed regularly today. For sale is here an autograph letter signed by Gian Francesco Malipiero. The letter is addressed to a person in Germany, most likely an admirer of Malipiero. Malipiero writes that he would like to meet the addressee personally sometime and show him some of his other compositions. Malipiero writes also that "it is very easy to sink into oblivion before one dies in these days". Gian Francesco Malipiero signed the letter at the end and dated it "Asolo (Treviso), 10.VI.1957". The letter measures ca. 23x29 cm, was folded twice to fit into an envelope, verso is blank. The letter comes with the corresponding envelope, the stamp was cut out, but the autograph handwritten address is fully ledigle and verso shows the coined name and address of Malipiero. All in all in good condition.
149€ |
Massenet, Jules: score
Jules Massenet: Therese - Drame musical en deux actes de Jules Claretie. Partition Chant et Piano. Paris: Heugel. PN 22792. 147 pages. First edition in modern binding. With all flyleafs (facsimile of the autographs by Massenet and Claretie, title page, program of the premiere, index). The first title page with a restored corner, otherwise a good copy.
49€ |
Massow, Julie von: score
Julie von Massow: Liedermappe der Frau Gräfin Nancy Hahn-Neuhaus geborenen von Hedemann gewidmet. Augsburg: Verlag des literarischen Instituts von Dr. Max Huttler. Consists of 26 double-pages: Introduction with index plus 25 songs for the Christian year (complete). Measures ca. 18x27 cm. First and last double-page a bit worn, otherwise in good condition. Rare, I could only trace two other copies in public libraries. Julie von Massow (1825-1901) was a Prussian noble lady, who stick up for the reunion of all Christians around 1870 and started a movement called "Ut Omnes Unum" that swapped all around Europe.
49€ |
Matsushita, Shinichi: score
For sale is here the full score of Shinichi Matsushita's "Correlazioni per 3 gruppi di orchestra da camera", composed between 1958-62 and published in 1962 by
Ongaku-no-Tomo as the No.2 of the long-running "contemporary japanese music series". The score has 32 pages, format ca. 18x26 cm and is in fine condition.
49€ |
Maurer, Ludwig: score
Ludwig Maurer: Rondo pour deux violons avec accompagnement d'un violon, viola, violoncelle (contrebasse ad libitum) op.26. Leipzig: Peters. PN 1823. Engraved.
Published 1827. Good condition.
39€ |
Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Felix: scores
Collection of 4 early editions of works by Mendelssohn Bartholdy in arrangements for piano 4 hands. The book contains: 1) Duo eingerichtet für das Pianoforte zu vier Händen nach dem Quartett für Pianoforte, Violine, Bratsche und Violoncell op.3. Leipzig: Friedrich Hofmeister. PN 2035. Engraved. 49 pages. Published 1835 2) Andante, Scherzo, Capriccio u. Fuge für 2 Violinen, Bratsche und Violoncell op.81. Arrangement für das Pianoforte zu vier Händen von Otto Dresel. Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel. PN 8366. Engraved. 35 pages. Published 1851 3) Quintett für 2 Violinen, 2 Bratschen und Violoncell op.87. Arrangement für das Pianoforte zu vier Händen von Otto Dresel. Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel. PN 8362. Engraved. 47 pages. Published 1851 4) Ottetto op.20 pour des instruments a cordes composee et dedie a son ami Edouard Ritz. Arrange pour le Piano a quatre mains par l‘auteur. Nouvelle Edition. Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel. PN 11273. 49 pages. Published 1867 All copies in fine condition. In modern binding, also in fine condition. Measures ca. 26x32 cm.
69€ |
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix: first edition
Symphonie No.3 componirt und Ihrer Majestät der Königin Victoria von England zugeeignet von Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy op.56. Full score. Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel. PN 6823. Engraved. Published 1843. 240 pages. Measures 17x25 cm. With the handwritten signature of the previous owner Janusz Kopczynski (1958-2021), professor for oboe at the conservatory in Lodz and first oboist in the Lodz Symphony Orchestra. Covers slightly worn, inside a bit soiled, otherwise good. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy began composing his Symphony No.3 already in 1829 while staying in England and Scotland. But he did not finish the work until 1842. The world premiere took place in March 1842, but the symphony was immediately revised and the premiere of the new version happened in June 1842. It was not before this event that Mendelssohn Bartholdy agreed to a publication of the score which followed the next year.
899€ |
Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Felix: score
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Sechs Lieder ohne Worte für das Pianoforte op.19, 30, 38, 53, 62 und 67. Bonn: Simrock. PN 3041, 3204, 3383, 3935, 4343, 4478. Title pages in lithography, music engraved. 17, 17, 19, 25, 19, 21 pages. Bound together in one book. Covers a bit worn. Inside sometimes heavily foxed, otherwise in good condition. Measures ca. 27x34 cm. The "Lieder ohne Worte" are a collection of 48 pieces in total which were published in 8 issues of 6 songs over the years from 1830 to 1845. The works became extremely
popular and received many reissues in short time. Therefore the publishing history of the compositions is complicated.
149€ |
Mewes, Georg: score
Georg Mewes: Weihnachtsfreude für Klavier zu vier Händen. Leipzig: Bosworth. PN 13122. 5 pages. Good condition. I could not trace a second copy in public libraries!
29€ |
Miyoshi, Akira: score
For sale is here the full score of Akira Miyoshi's "Quatuor a cordes" (his string quartet No.1), composed in 1962 and published the same year by Ongaku-no-Tomo as the
No.1 of the long-running "contemporary japanese music series". The score has 23 pages, format ca. 18x26 cm and is in fine condition. Early and rare score.
69€ |
Mohler, Philip: autograph musical quotation signed (AMQS) + signed letter
Philipp Mohler (1908-1982) was a German composer. He studied under Joseph Haas. Later he was first professor for composition and conducting at the Stuttgart conservatory and then director of the conservatory in Frankfurt am Main. For sale is a small collection of autograph items by Philipp Moler.
39€ |
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: first edition
W. A. Mozarti / Missa Pro Defunctis / Requiem / W.A. Mozarts / Seelenmesse / mit / unterlegtem deutschem Texte. Leipzig: Im Verlag der Breitkopf & Härtelschen Musikhandlung. Published 1800. 178 pages. Measures ca. 24x33 cm. Covers and spine worn. Inside slightly foxed. Very few handwritten notes in pencil. Last page with a taped tear, but no effect to the text. This copy includes the title page, full score and the text of the work by Clodius as well as a parody by Hiller. It therefore misses the engraving and the dedication page of the publishers.
The Requiem KV 626 is Mozarts last composition. It was left unfinished when Mozart died in 1791 and was completed by Süßmayr shortly afterwards. The premiere took place in 1793, but due to legal disputes about the estate of Mozart and other issues it took until 1800 that the full score was published - which is the edition offered here for sale. A piano reduction was published a year later in 1801 by Johann Andre.
1499€ |
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: early score
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: La Clemenza di Tito / Opera seria del Sign: W.A. Mozart / Aggiustata per il Piano Forte / del Sign: C. G. Nefee. Bonna: Simrock. PN 121. 113 pages. Published 1800. Cardboard cover with stamped name of the first owner (v. Schnellenbühel). Title page a bit dirty, slightly foxed, but all in all in good condition. Rare edition of this piano reduction by Neefe, the teacher of Beethoven.
199€ |
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: score
Six Grandes Sinfonies de W.A. Mozart arrangees pour le Piano par J.N. Hummel. Nr.2 [i.e. KV550]. Mayence: Schott. PN 2049. Engraved. Published around 1823. 19 pages. Measures ca. 27x34 cm. Covers slightely worn, a bit soiled. Inside title page with water stain, throughout slightly foxed. Otherwise in good condition. Rare, I would only find two other copies in public libraries.
69€ |
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: early score
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo / Oper in drei Aufzügen / In vollständigem Clavierauszug mit deutsch- und italienischem Texte und zugleich für das Piano-Forte allein. Mannheim: Heckel. PN 252. 173 pages. Cardboard cover with stamped name of the first owner (v. Schnellenbühel). Inside foxed, otherwise good condition. Measures ca. 26x32 cm.
69€ |
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: early score
W. A. Mozart: Die Zauberflöte / Oper in zwey Aufzügen / für das Pianoforte allein - No.525. Neuenburg: H. Meerthy. No PN. 58 pages + 1 page advertisement of the publishing house. Measures 27x22 cm. Heavily foxed, otherwise good condition. Extremely rare copy. The publishing house Meerthy existed only short-term and went defunct in 1842. I could not trace any other copy of this publication! Neither RISM, worldcat, not even the Mozarteum in Salzburg own a copy of this edition.
199€ |
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: early score
Cosi fan tutte o sia La Scuola de gli Amianti. Opera in due Atti da W. A. Mozart. Ridotto per il Piano Forte da C. G. Neefe. Bonna e Colonia presso N. Simrock. PN 91. Engraved. Published around 1802. 208 pages (recte 213) + Personaggi. Measures ca. 34x25 cm. Modern covers, outside a bit worn. Title page and „personaggi“ with small restored defects. Music a bit soiled, otherwise good. Mozart composed „Cosi fan tutte“ in 1789, the premiere took place in 1790. The first edition of the piano reduction was published in 1794 by Breitkopf, a piano arrangement by Christian Gottlob Neefe was published by Simrock in 1799 with plate number 91. With these plates a second edition was printed a few years later. This second edition is nearly identical to the first edition. Only the title page changed and the „personaggi“ page was put from the beginning to the end of the score.
599€ |
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: early score
Variations pour Clavecin ou Fortepiano a quatres mains [KV501] par W. A. Mozart. A Munich, Mannheim et Dusseldorf: Chez le Sr. Goetz Marchand et Editeur de Musique. PN 10. Engraved. Published around 1790. 13 pages. Measures ca. 32x22 cm. Binding taped. Title page a bit soiled. Water stain on two pages (not in the music). Last page with tear (not in the music) that was taped. Mozart composed this piano work in 1786. The first edition was published by Hofffmeister in 1787. This release is the second edition of the work. Interestingly there are a few copies of the first edition in public libraries, but only the Mozarteum holds a copy of this edition. Neither worldcat nor RISM list a copy.
699€ |
Nakabayashi, Atsumasa: score
Atsumasa Nakabayashi: Suite Pictorica Espanola, para guitarra. Madrid: Union Musical Espanola. 24 pages. Measures ca. 23x32 cm. On the first music page two stamps from different music shops, but no effect on the music. Otherwise good copy. First edition.
19€ |
Nikel, Emil: score
Emil Nikel: Leichte Messe in F-Dur zu Ehren des hl. Ambrosius für Sopran und Alt mit obligater Orgel oder Harmoniumbegleitung op.22. Leobschütz: Kothe's Erben. PN 50. 13 pages. Measures ca. 24x32 cm. Covers soiled and damaged at the binding. Title page a bit soiled, other pages slightly soiled. Binding a bit loose. Rare, I could only find one other copy in public libraries.
19€ |
Nikel, Emil: score
Emil Nikel: Missa quarta in honorem S. Josefi Patroni Ecclesiae Catholicae. leicht ausführbare Messe für zwei gleiche Stimmen mit Orgel oder Harmoniumbegleitung op.15. Leobschütz: Kothe. PN 33. Published around 1890. 15 pages. Measures ca. 24x32 cm. Covers soiled and worn. Title page slightly soiled and foxed. Inside also a bit soiled and foxed. Water stain. Rare, I could only find two other copies in public libraries.
19€ |
Nixon, Roger: signed letter + scores
Roger Nixon (1921-2009) was a US composer. He studied clarinet with Frank Mancini (formerly in Philip Sousa's band), composition with Roger Sessions and privately with Arnold Schoenberg. He later taught himself music at the San Francisco State University where Kent Nagano is his most notable student. Roger Nixon is especially known for his compositions for band, but also composed orchestral pieces and chamber works, songs, piano pieces. etc. For sale is here a collection of 7 scores + a letter by Roger Nixon. The collection came from the estate of Jane Galante, a San Francisco based musician and a life-long friend of Roger Nixon. The set includes 5 signed scores, a private released score + the later official publication and a personal letter to Jane Galante where Roger Nixon talks about his study years and mentions Roger Sessions, Arnold Schoenberg and others: 1) Music for clarinet and piano. Fallen Leaf Press. Score and part, 26 + 9 pages. Signed on the title page by Roger Nixon to Jane Galante in 1990. 2) Movement for clarinet and piano. Galaxy Music Corporation. Score and part, 15 + 3 pages. Signed on the title page by Roger Nixon to Jane Galante in 1982. 3) Two Elegies, for solo cello and cello ensemble. Kjos Publisher. Score and all parts. Signed on the title page by Roger Nixon to Jane Galante in 1988. 4) Twelve Preludes for piano. Opus Music Publisher. 31 pages. Signed on the title page by Roger Nixon to Jane Galante in 1984. 5) Variations for clarinet and cello. Fallen Leaf Press. Score and part, 12 + 12 pages. Signed on the title page by Roger Nixon to Jane Galante in 1991. 6+7) Conversations for violin and clarinet. Private copy of the autograph score. Included are programs of the premiere by Richard and Lucy Stoltzman in 1981, as well as some newspaper clippings. Comes together with the later released score by Opus Music Publishers, score and part, 16 + 16 pages. Unsigned. 8) Typewritten letter by Roger Nixon to Jane Galante from 4 August 1984. The letter is 3 pages long, signed at the end and contains information about the composition history of Roger Nixon's "Twelve preludes for piano". The preludes were composed over a long period of time (between 1946 and 1977) and he tells about some stories from that time involving Roger Sessions ("It was his [Sessions'] fragile ego again"), Arnold Schoenberg, Jonathan Elkus or Charles Cushing. All items are in good condition. Please check also the photos. Measure all around 25x30 cm.
99€ |
Pedrotti, Carlo: score
Carlo Pedrotti: Fiorina o La Fanciulla di Glaris. Melodramma semiseria in due atti. Riduzione per Pianoforte-solo di Luigi Truzzi e D. Dugnani. Milano: Ricordi. PN
24021-24137. Engraved. Published 1852. 161 pages. Measures ca. 35x27 cm. Outside worn, inside slightly foxed and some water stains. Otherwise good.
99€ |
Pezold, Gustav: score
Gustav Pezold (1850-1931): 12 Lieder für Kinder - Ihren Königlichen Hoheiten den Prinzessinnen Elsa und Olga von Württemberg ehrerbietigst gewidmet. Ludwigsburg: Eduard Ebner. PN 537. 27 pages. Measures ca. 19x28 cm. First edition from 1888. Cardboard covers, outside and inside good condition. Extremely rare publication. I could only trace one other copy in public libraries.
49€ |
Pfitzner, Hans: score
Hans Pfitzner: Fünf Klavierstücke op.47. Berlin: Fürstner. PN 8215-8220. 22 pages. Measures ca. 27x34 cm. Outside a bit soiled, inside good.
19€ |
Pfitzner, Hans: score
Hans Pfitzner: Konzert für Klavier in Es Dur mit Begleitung des Orchesters op.31. Piano reduction of the composer. Berlin: Fürstner. PN 7742. 86 pages. Measures ca. 27x34 cm. Outside a bit soiled. Binding sellotaped. Back cover is missing. Margins worn. Foxed.
19€ |
Pfitzner, Hans: score
Hans Pfitzner: Sechs Studien für das Pianoforte op.51. Berlin: Oertel. PN 8318-8324. 25 pages. Measures ca. 27x34 cm. Outside a bit soiled, inside good.
19€ |
pianists: autographs
Study score of Beethoven‘s Piano concerto Nr.3 op.37, published by Henle with the autographs on the title page by the pianists Imogen Cooper (* 1949) and Olli Mustonen (* 1967).
19€ |
pianists: autograph
Study score of Shostakovich‘s Piano concerto No.2 op.102, published by Boosey & Hawkes (PN HPS 796) with the autograph on the title page by the pianist Alexander Toradze (* 1952).
19€ |
pianists: autographs
Study score of Mozart‘s Piano concerto KV467, published by Edition Eulenburg (PN EE3826) with the autographs on the title page by the pianists Emanuel Ax (* 1949), Eugene Istomin (1925-2003), Walter Klien (1928-1991) and Louis Lortie ( * 1959).
39€ |
piano 2 hands
Collection of 20 works for piano 2 hands. Interesting collection of mainly French composers with several early and rare editions, for example Henri Herz, Francois
Hünten, Henry Lemoine or Tekla Badarzewska. The complete book contains: 2) Henry Lemoine: Divertissement pour le Piano sur Guillaume Tell op.11. Paris: Troupenas. PN 349. Engraved. 11 pages. Published 1830 3) Henri Herz: Rondo et Tarantella sur l‘air de La Croix d‘or, pour piano / L‘Orage, Rondo Pastoral sur Melodies de Schubert, pour piano op.101. Paris: J. Meissonnier. PN 991. Engraved. 11 pages. Published 1838 4) Emile Prudent: Le Couvre-Feu, pour piano. Paris: Boieldieu / Sylvain St.Etienne. PN 418. Engraved. 5 pages 5) Mehul: Ouverture „La Chasse du Jeune Henri“, pour piano. Paris: Jules Heinz. PN 253. Engraved. 11 pages. Published 1862 6) Alfred Quidant: Souvenir de Petit Enfant, pour piano op.14. Paris: Edmond Mayaud. PN 3734. Engraved. 5 pages. Published um 1855 7) Francois Hünten: Rose et Bleuet, 2 melodies variees pour piano op.151. Paris: C. Heu. PN 335. Engraved. 9 pages. Published 1841 8) Felix Godefroid: Morceaux de genre pour piano – No.2 Nuits d‘Espagne. Paris: Heugel. PN 1529. Engraved. 9 pages. Published 1854 9) J. Ch. Hess: Ou vas-tu petit oiseau, reverie pour piano op.17. Paris: J. Meissonnier. PN 1530. 7 pages. Published 1842 10) Ferdinand de Croze: Trianon pour piano op.101. Paris: Heugel. PN 2812. 7 pages. Published 1859 11) Paul Wagner: Les trois soeurs, pour piano. Paris: Cartereau. PN 117. 6 pages. Published 1859. Incomplete. Only the first two piano works are complete, the third one is missing the last page. 12) Antony Lamotte: La Legende de la Nonne, pour piano. Paris: Margueritat. PN 27. Engraved. 5 pages. Published 1852 13) Francois Hünten: Souvenirs de la Suisse, pour piano a quatre mains. Paris: Schonenberger. PN 344. Engraved. 15 pages. Published 1835 14) A. Avisse: Stella, Polka-Mazurka pour piano. Unknown publisher. Only printer‘s note: „Lith de F. Canu a Evreux“. 3 pages. Published 1853. 15) G. Schubert: Mazurka nationale, arrangee pour le piano. Le Monde Musical, 5e Annee, No.48. Engraved. 2 pages. Published 1844. 16) Charles Gounod: Serenade pour le piano. Paris: Lebeau. PN 426. Engraved. 3 pages. Published around 1865. 17) J. Bernard: Les Coquelicots, pour piano. Musique Offerte par les Grands Magasins du Louvre. 5 pages. Published 1874. 18) Haydn: Menuet pour piano. Musique Offerte par les Grands Magasins du Louvre. 5 pages 19) Sacchini: 1e Fragment de l‘Ouverture d‘Oedipe a Colonne. Musique Offerte par les Grands Magasins du Louvre. 5 pages 20) C. Lagrange: La Danza pour piano. Musique Offerte par les Grands Magasins du Louvre. 5 pages Covers worn and soiled. Inside a few margins taped, otherwise in good condition.
79€ |
piano 2 hands
Musikalisches Pfennig-Magazin für das Pianoforte. Redigirt von Carl Czerny. Wien: Tobias Haslinger. No PN. Engraved. 208 pages. Published 1834. Measures ca. 27x34 cm. Cover with glued title page, margins worn, a bit soiled. Inside binding a bit loose, slightly foxed. Otherwise in good condition. Contains all 52 issues of the first volume of this series. It started in 1834 and each Saturday a new issue was published. It contained piano compositions for the advanced amateur, often popular works in an arrangement for piano done by Czerny. This first volume also contains the first edition of "Ecossaise" WoO 23 by Beethoven. The work was composed in 1810 for military band and performed one time, but the manuscript got lost. The musician Wenzel Krumpholz attended this performance and just from his memories Czerny created a piano version of it. And this version – the only existing one - was published here the first time.
199€ |
piano 2 hands
Musikalischer Ehrentempel - Eine Sammlung der besten Compositionen für's Pianoforte. Hefte 13-24. Hamburg: Böhme & Cranz. PN E.T.H.13-24. Engraved. Published 1831.
Measures ca. 34x27 cm. Black cardboard covers, outside worn. Inside water stain on the first pages, slightly foxed throughout. All in all in good condition. In addition the book contains two portraits in lithography by Leo Lehmann (1782-1859). The two portraits are of Nicolo Paganini and Ferdinand Ries. Both lithographies are not signed, but I could find an identical portrait of Ries in the archive of the Beethoven Haus where it is assigned to Leo Lehmann. The lithography of Paganini looks very similar to the Ries in terms of paper, size, technique, etc. Therefore it seems likely that this portraait is by Leo Lehmann as well but I ccould not find a verification for this. I could not even find another copy of this portrait at all! And why these two portraits are part of the book – none of them is presented with a composition – is unclear. The Musikalische Ehrentempel was a short-lived publication that only existed from 1830 to 1831 with a total of 24 issues. It presented popular piano pieces in attractive editions and – this was new and special – added playing instructions at the end of the work. The series also provided explanations to common musical terms (like the one added in this copy). Hence the series aimed to the piano amateur of the bourgeoisie not the concert virtuoso.
299€ |
piano 4 hands
An private collection of rare early or first editions of works for piano 4 hands. All date from around 1800-1820. The collection includes: 1) Ludwig van Beethoven: Ouverture / zu / Aug: von Kotzebue's: / RUINEN VON ATHEN. / Eingerichtet für das Pianoforte auf 4 Hände op.113. Wien: Steiner & Comp. First edition. Engraved. PN 3954. Published 1823. 11 pages. 2) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Ouverture / aus der Oper / DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE / zu vier Händen / für das Clavier oder Pianoforte. Leipzig in dem Breitkopfischen Magazin der Musick. Here in a print by: Francfort ches Gayl & Hedler. Engraved. No plate number. Published around 1800. 18 pages. 3) Francois-Adrien Boieldieu: Ouverture / arrangee pour le / Piano-Forte / a 4 mains / de l'Opera / JEAN de PARIS. Bonn et Cologne: Simrock. Engraved. PN 1996. Published in 1823. 13 pages. 4) Francois-Adrien Boieldieu: Ouverture / zu der Oper / DER KIRCHTAG / La fete du village voisin / für / das Pianoforte zu vier Händen. Braunschweig: Im Musikalischen Magazine auf der Höhe. PN 1403. Engraved. Published ca. 1820. 13 pages. 5) Rossini / Latour: Divertissement / pour / Piano-Forte a 4 Mains / sur 4 airs de l'opera / LE BARBIER DE SEVILLE, de Rossini / par / T. Latour. 1er livre. Offenbach: Jean Andre. PN 4538. Published in 1823. 15 pages. 6) Fesca / Rahles: Ouverture celebre / Op.41 de / F. E. Fesca / arrangee a quatre mains / et dediee / a sa soeur Henriette / par / Ferdinand Rahles. Bonn: Simrock. PN 2773. Engraved. Published in 1830. 17 pages. 7) Nicolas d'Alayrac: Ouverture / de l'Opera / GULNARE / a quatre mains / pour / Pianoforte / par / D'Allayrac. Brunsvic: Spehr. PN 1145. Engraved. Published ca. 1810. 11 pages. All 7 scores bound together in turquoise cardboard. Outside shows some wear and age, inside party foxed, but all well for that age. All pages in fine condition and bound to the spine. Measures ca. 33x25 cm.
149€ |
piano 4 hands
Collection of several works for piano 4 hands. All published around 1830 and 1850. The book contains: 1) Select Airs from Bellini‘s favorite Opera „Beatrice di Tenda“ arranged for two performers on the Pianoforte. Book 1. London: Boosey. No PN. Engraved. 31 pages. 2) Select Airs in Two Books from Pacini‘s Opera „Saffo“ arranged for two performers on the Pianoforte. Book 1. London: Boosey. PN 3356. Engraved. 21 pages. 3) Favorite Airs in Two Books selected from Donizetti‘s Opera of „Lucrezia Borgia“ arranged for two performers on the Pianoforte by William Hutchins Callcott. Book 1. London: Mills. PN 3116. Engraved. 25 pages. 4) The Overture to Rossini‘s Grand Opera „Il Barbiere di Seviglia“ arranged as a duet for the pianoforte by Hummel. London: Walker. No PN. Engraved. 15 pages. 5) Favorite Airs selected from Donizetti‘s Opera of „Gemma di Vergy“ arranged for two performers on the Pianoforte by Anton Diabelli. Book 1. London: Mills. PN 3265. Engraved. 31 pages. 6) Three Marches from Rossini‘s Opera of „Mose in Egitto“ arranged for two performers on the Pianoforte by Anton Diabelli. London: Mills. PN 3280. Engraved. 9 pages. 7) Johann Wenzel Kalliwoda: No.1 Invitation pour la Danse. Grande Valse pour le Piano a Quatre Mains op.27. London: Wessel. PN 2209. Engraved. 19 pages 8) Joseph Lanner: Die Osmanen – Walzer, for pianoforte duet. London: Cocks. PN 4611. Engraved. 21 pages 9) Joseph Lanner: Marien – Walzer, for pianoforte duet. London: Cocks. PN 4610. Engraved. 17 pages 10) Joseph Lanner: Die Kösenden – Walzer, for pianoforte duet. London: Cocks. PN 3352. Engraved. 15 pages 11) Joseph Labitzky: Leinate‘s Klänge – Walzer, for pianoforte duet. London: Cocks. PN 5767. Engraved. 17 pages 12) Johann Strauss: Hommage a la Reine de la Grande Bretagne – Waltz for the Pianoforte op.102. London: Cocks. PN 3357. Engraved. 19 pages 13) Adolph Marschan: Galoppes modernes pour le Pianoforte a Quatre Mains. London: Boosey. No PN. Engraved. 13 pages. 14) Joseph Labitzky: Die Elfen - Walzer, for pianoforte duet op.86. London: Cocks. PN 5628. Engraved. 9 pages 15) Johann Strauss: Deutsche Lust – Walzer für das Pianoforte op.127. London: Cocks. PN 4904. Engraved. 10 pages Covers worn. Inside the first two pages a bit loose. Sometimes foxed, otherwise in good condition.
49€ |
Prokofiev, Sergei: score
Sergei Prokofiev: ballet "The tale of the stone flower" op.118. Excerpts and dances from the ballet arranged for piano. Moscow: Musical supplement to the journal "Soviet music" No.1. PN 24051. Published 1954. 38 pages. Measures ca. 27x20 cm. Margins slightly worn, otherwise a good copy. The ballet „The tale of the stone flower“ was composed by Prokofiev in 1950. But the premiere of the work was not performed before 1954 (a year after the death of Prokofiev). The full score of the ballet was published not until 1962. Therefore the above supplement seems to be the very first publication of music from the ballet. Rare
69€ |
Raff, Joachim: score
Joachim Raff: Im Walde - Symphonie (No.3 in F-Dur) für grosses Orchester op.153. Leipzig: Kistner. PN 3568. Engraved music. Full score, 323 pages. Measures ca. 20x26 cm. Bound in brown cardboard, with gold printing on title, Part of spine is missing, but all pages keep together. Inside a good copy.
99€ |
Raff, Joachim: score
Joachim Raff: Lenore - Symphonie (No.5 in E-Dur) für grosses Orchester op.177. Berlin: Ries & Erler. PN 1542. Full score, 226 pages. Measures ca. 20x27 cm. Bound in red cardboard, with gold printing on title, outside and inside a very fine copy.
69€ |
Reiff, Friedrich: autograph music manuscript
Friedrich Reiff (1821-1885): Festlied zur fünften Stiftungsfeier des Freien Deutschen Hochstiftes, für Männerchor. Autograph music manuscript of the composition, published by Christian Friedrich Will in Darmstadt in 1864. Included is a copy of the published score.
59€ |
Reinecke, Carl: score
Ecossaisen für das Pianoforte von Ludwig van Beethoven. Für den Concertvortrag frei bearbeitet von Carl Reinecke. Leipzig: Gebrüder Reinecke. PN 922. 7 pages. Published um 1900. Outside a bit soiled and with light margin, corner once folded, otherwise good. Measures ca. 27x34 cm
19€ |
Reissiger, Friedrich August: score
Friedrich August Reissiger: Der schlesische Zecher und der Teufel, für Bass- oder Baritonstimme und Klavier op.19 No.5. Leipzig: Klemm (1846). PN 264. Published in 1846. 5 pages. Measures ca. 31x25 cm. Binding sellotaped outside, inside slightly foxed.
19€ |
Remedius, A.: score
A. Remedius: Tragisch-komisches Quatuor für Männergesang. Zur Kurzweil den fröhlichen Sängern des Landshuter Gesang-Festes gewidmet. Regensburg: Friedrich Pustet. Published 1847. 4x8 pages (parts only). Outside a bit soiled, inside good. Rare, I could not trace a second copy in public libraries.
49€ |
Rieder, Emmeran: score
Emmeran Rieder: Der Toto. Lied und One Step. München: Self-published. Published around 1915. 5 pages. Measures ca. 27x34 cm. With an illustration by Ludwig Hohlwein on the title page. Margins worn and with defects. A small tear in all pages at the left margin. Outside a bit soiled, binding taped inside. Extremely rare publication and of special value because of its rare title illustration. There is no copy of this score in any public library world wide. And Ludwig
Hohlwein did not use this illustration in any other context and the plate did not survive. For that reason this illustration is only known in a black-and-white print from the monograph „Ludwig
Hohlwein“ by H.K. Frenzel from 1926.
299€ |
Righini, Vincenzo: early handwritten score
Vincenzo Righini (1756-1812): Recitativo et Aria della Opera Armida. 31 pages, measures ca. 30x24 cm. Handwritten full score for 2 violins, viola, basso and voice (recitativo „Tu piangi“, 2 pages) and 2 violins, viola, oboe, trumpet, horn, basso and voices (aria „Dei pietosi“, 29 pages). The opera „Armida“ was premiered in 1782. Title page with the handwritten name „Madame Colette Reiset“. Colette de Reiset (1782-1850) was a noble lady. She received music lessons from Louis Joseph Saint-Amans and became a good amateur pianist. In 1804 she married Comte de Reiset, a senior official of the French government. Colette Reiset used her social position to organise concerts and support composers. Several compositions are dedicated to her, for example works by Pierre Baillot or Jean Baptiste Desormery. In addition she collected music scores and built a huge library. Colette Reiset died 1850 in Paris.
89€ |
Rihm, Wolfgang: autograph musical quotation signed (AMQS)
Wolfgang Rihm (*1952) is a German composer and one of the most performed and most successful composers of his time. Wolfgang Rihm studied under Wolfgang Fortner and Humphrey Searle, later under Karlheinz Stockhausen and Klaus Huber. His compositions were premiered by notable performers like Pierre Boulez, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Daniel Barenboim or Paul Sacher. For offer here is an autograph musical quotation (AMQS) by Wolfgang Rihm. It shows three bars with the accompanying text from the opera „Das Gehege“ (The compound) on a text of Botho Strauß. This opera was premiered on 27 October 2006 at the Bavarian State Opera under Kent Nagano. It interesting to notice that this AMQS is dated 22.X.2006 which is 5 days before the premiere! The quotation is signed in full at the end and goes with an official photo of Wolfgang Rihm on the opposite side of the paper. The AMQS is written on thick cardboard and folded in the middle. Outfolded the card measures 21 x 15 cm. The „outside“ of the folded card is blank. AMQS by Wolfgang Rihm are rare.
149€ |
Rihm, Wolfgang: autograph
Wolfgang Rihm (*1952) is a German composer and one of the most performed and most successful composers of his time. Wolfgang Rihm studied under Wolfgang Fortner and
Humphrey Searle, later under Karlheinz Stockhausen and Klaus Huber. His compositions were premiered by notable performers like Pierre Boulez, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Daniel Barenboim or Paul
Sacher.
29€ |
Rode, Pierre: score
Pierre Rode: Quatuor pour deux violons, alto et basse. Dedie a son Altesse Royal Monseigneur le Prince Louis Ferdinand de Prusse. Op.XI. Paris: Cherubini, Mehul, Kreutzer, Rode, N. Isouard et Boyeldieu. PN 226. Engraved. Published around 1805. Parts only: 7+5+5+5 pages. Measures ca. 27x35 cm. First violin part with stain in the inside margin, but no effect to the music. Margins slightly soiled, otherwise good copies.
199€ |
Rorem, Ned: 3 signed items
Ned Rorem (*1923), US composer and Pulitzer price winner in 1976 for his composition "Air music". Collection of three items all inscribed to Frank Stewart, the former Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra board chairman: a) copy of the book "Music and People" by Ned Rorem (published 1968) with an autograph inscription on the flyleaf: "To Frank Stewart in memory of Air music with
pleasure - Ned Rorem '75". b) pocket score of "Air music" by Ned Rorem published by Boosey & Hawkes (H.P.S. 815, 1977) with an autograph inscription on the flyleaf: "for Frank H. Stewart
with pleasant memories (and others which now are sad) of this piece's premiere, already long past, and looking forward to working together again - warmly Ned Rorem, June 1977". c) Finally the set contains a typed letter to Frank Stewart by Ned Rorem. The letter dates from 28 December 1989, is written on personal stationary of Ned Rorem and signed "Ned". The content refers to the stay at Nantucket, why the Cincinnati SO didn't perform any Rorem works since "Air music" and New Year's wishes.
399€ |
Rövenstrunck, Bernhard: signed score
Bernhard Rövenstrunck: Divertimento, for flute and guitar. private copy of the autograph manuscript, leporello fold, 8 pages. With autograph dedication by the composer to the performers of the premiere: Gabriele Zimmermann (flute) and Barbara Polasek (guitar). With owner stamp of Gabriele Zimmermann and her personal markings inside the score. 29€ |
Rufer, Josef: signed letter
Josef Rufer (1893-1985) was a German musicologist. Rufer studied under Arnold Schönberg, Alexander Zemlinsky and Alban Berg. From 1925 to 1933 he was the assistant to Arnold Schönberg at the Academy of Arts in Berlin. Today Rufer is best known for his work on the musical estate of Arnold Schönberg. For sale is a typewritten letter by Rufer with his handwritten signature. Also included is a photo of Arnold Schönberg. The letter dates from 22 September 1961 and was sent to an autograph collector. The letter has the format DIN A5, verso blank, folded once in the middle, good condition.
29€ |
Saint-Saens, Camille: score
Camille Saint-Saens: Danse macabre. Poeme symphonique d‘apres une Poesie de Henri Cazalis op.40. Full score. Paris: Durand, Schoenewerk & Cie. PN 2140. 54 pages. Measures 19x27 cm. Most likely first edition of the full score. With the owner stamp of Kapellmeister Anton Stütz from Ulm (deceased 1893) and Otto Lippits from Bamberg. On the flyleaf is a glued sheet of paper with the handwritten German translation of the poem by Cazalis as well as performance notes. Inside foxed, and some handwritten notes from the previous owners.
99€ |
Sandre, Gustave: score
Gustave Sandre: Epithalame sur des motifs de Parsifal de Richard Wagner pour petit Orchestre et Orgue. Full score. Mainz: Schott. PN 26232. Published around 1900. 20 pages. Measures ca. 16x24 cm. Rare edition, I could only trace three other copies in public libraries.
49€ |
Sauer, Emil: score
Emil Sauer: Les Pins de la Villa Medicis - Etude de Concert No.24 pour piano. Mainz: Schott. PN 30210. 9 pages. Measures ca. 27x34 cm. Outside worn, inside good.
19€ |
Sauer, Emil: score
Emil Sauer: Grande Sonate (Re-majeur) pour piano. Mainz: Schott. PN 27382. 39 pages. Measures ca. 27x34 cm. Title page loose, inside good.
19€ |
Sauer, Emil: score
Emil Sauer: Couplet sans Paroles pour Piano. Mainz: Schott. PN 26459. 7 pages. Measures ca. 27x34 cm. Outside worn, inside good.
19€ |
Schäffer, August: score
August Schäffer: Komisches Duett für zwei Singstimmen mit Begleitung des Pianoforte "Die beiden Gevatterinnen" op.26. Leipzig: Kistner. PN 1675. Published 1849. 13 pages. Comes with two double-pages of handwritten parts for the voices (dated 1863). Binding taped, margins worn and with small defects, slightly foxed.
19€ |
Schäffer, August: score
August Schäffer: Frau Directorin und Frau Inspectorin – Komisches Duett für zwei Singstimmen mit Begleitung des Pianoforte op.34. Leipzig: Kistner. PN 1810. Published 1851. 15 pages. Binding taped. One page with sellotaped tear inside the music (but music legible), margin taped at the last page.
19€ |
Scharwenka, Philip: score
Sechs Seestücke nach Heinrich Heine für das Pianoforte zu zwei Händen componirt von Philipp Scharwenka op.60 Nr.4. Breslau: Julius Hainauer. PN 2817. 7 pages. Published 1885. Outer double-page with a tear in the middle. Slightly soiled, otherwise good.
39€ |
Scharwenka, Philip: score
Fünf Klavierstücke componirt von Philipp Scharwenka op.41 Nr.3 Notturno. Berlin & Posen: Bote & Bock. PN 12590. 5 pages. Published 1881. Outside slightly worn, very slightly soiled, nice copy.
39€ |
Schmid, Franz Xaver: score
Franz Xaver Schmid (1797 - ca. 1865): Vesper-Psalmen für alle Feste des Kirchenjahres. Hefte für obligate Stimmen: Ausgesetzte Orgel, Sopran, Alt und Bass. Augsburg:
Anton Böhm. Engraved. PN 1150. Published ca. 1845. Measures ca. 23x35 cm.
89€ |
Schmid, Heinrich Kaspar: score
Heinrich Kaspar Schmid: Variationen über das Lied "Will mein Junge Äpfel haben" aus Ludwig Thuilles Oper Lobetanz, für Klavier op.5. München: Wunderhorn-Verlag. PN 109. 26 pages. Measures ca. 26x32 cm. Outside a bit soiled, inside clean. Rare
39€ |
Schubert, Franz: score
Lieder-Cyclus: Die schöne Müllerin. Gedichte von Wilhelm Müller in Musik gesetzt von Franz Schubert. Illustrierte Prachtausgabe. Original-Zeichnungen von Baumann und Schuster. Holzschnitte R. Brend'amour, Düsseldorf. Stuttgart und Leipzig: Hallberger. 124 pages. Published around 1880. Measures ca. 30x39 cm. Covers worn, spine damaged, therefore covers a bit loose. Inside a good copy. With a handwritten poem on the flyleaf by a „Willus H.“, dated 25.XI.(18)83. Slightly soiled, one page dirty because of a leaf that was put between the pages for drying.
79€ |
Schubert, Franz: first edition
Memnon, Antigone und Oedip, von J: Mayrhofer, und Am Grabe Anselmo's, von Claudius. Für eine Singstimme, mit Begleitung des Piano-Forte in Musik gesetzt, und dem Wohlgebohrnen Herrn Michael Vogl, [..] hochachtungsvoll gewidmet von Franz Schubert. 6tes Werk. Wien: Diabelli et Comp. PN C. et D. N. 790. Published 1821. First edition. Engraved. 11 pages. Measures ca. 34x26 cm. Modern binding in cardboard covers. Last page replaced by a facsimile copy. Margins worn, title page soiled. Inside only few spots.
699€ |
Schultze, Norbert: score
Norbert Schultze: Wir fliegen gegen Engeland. Lied und Marsch nach Worten und Melodie eines unbekannten deutschen Soldaten. Aus dem Film „Kampfgeschwader Lützow“. Berlin: Simrock. PN 25036. Published 1941. 4 pages. Outside worn, margins worn, slightly soiled.
99€ |
Schumann, Robert: score
Bilder aus Osten. 6 Impromptus für das Pianoforte zu vier Händen componirt und Frau Lida Bendemann geb. Schadow zugeeignet von Robert Schumann op.66. Leipzig: Kistner. PN 1665-1667. Introduction by the composer + 31 pages. Title page in lithography, introduction and music engraved. Published 1849. Measures ca. 26x33 cm. The two issues bound together with tape. Outside foxed and soiled, old sticker removed with defects to the paper, margins worn and small tears. Inside foxed, one corner restored (with effect to the music), binding reinforced with tape.
79€ |
Schumann, Robert: score
Symphonie No.IV D moll - Introduction, Allegro, Romanze, Scherzo u. Finale in einem Satze - für grosses Orchester von Robert Schumann op.120. Klavierauszug zu vier Händen. Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel. PN 8742. Engraved. 47 pages. Measures ca. 27x34 cm. Outside a bit worn. Inside foxed, otherwise good. First edition of this arrangement from 1853.
49€ |
Schusser, Nicasius: score
Fr. Nicasius Schusser: Quo Vadis? Dramatische Oper in 3 Akten und einem Nachspiel. Text nach dem gleichnamigen Roman von Henryk Sienkiewicz und einer Dichtung von H. Kain. Klavierauszug mit Gesang (Erleichterte Ausgabe). Falkenau a.d.E. (CSR): Edition Kafa. No PN. 254 pages. Measures ca. 24x30 cm. Covers soiled and worn. Inside lower margin soiled, a few markings, otherwise good. The Franciscan monk Nicassius Schusser, doorkeeper of the Capuchian monastery in Falkenau a. d. Eger, published some sinfonies and operas in the 1920s and 30s. These
works were noticed with awe from the classical music scene due to its quality and the fact that they were composed by a music amateur only in his leisure time. For example Schusser claimed to have
written his opera „Quo vadis“ within 12 years and finished in 1932. The opera was premiered with success in 1935. But only two years later it was revealed that major parts of this opera were copied
note by note from the opera „Blume und Weißblume“ (1910) by the Austrian composer Mathilde Kralik (1857-1944). Such huge plagiarism and fraud is rare in classical music, especially with a premiere of the work and a published score! In addition this copy is a rarity too. I could only find two other copies of this edition in public libraries world wide.
129€ |
Schwalm, Robert: score
Robert Schwalm: Andante cantabile für Violine und Orgel. Leipzig: Steingräber. PN 1063. Published around 1900. 3 pages. Margins worn. Rare, I could only trace one other copy in public libraries.
19€ |
Scriabin, Aleksandr: collection of first editions
A collection of 10 scores of works by Aleksandr Scriabin, most of them first editions. The scores are not bound together, so individual copies. The collection includes:
1) Fantaisie pour piano op.28. Leipzig: Belaieff. PN 2326. Published 1901. 15 pages. Measures 27x34 cm. First edition. Outside a bit worn, margins a bit worn,
otherwise in good condition.
199€ |
Shostakovich, Dmitri: score
Dmitri Shostakovich: Sinfonie Nr.1 op.10 – full score. Moskau: State Publisher "Muzyka". PN 8610. Published 1975. 126 pages. Measures ca. 23x30 cm. This score was printed in a run of 1900 copies. Good condition
49€ |
Smetana, Bedrich: score
Bedrich Smetana: Ma Vlast (My Fatherland) for large orchestra. Nr. II: Vltava (Moldau). Prag: A. Urbanek. PN 16. Published 1880. First edition. 62 pages. Measures ca. 27x34 cm. Title page glued on the cardboard cover. Covers worn and a bit soiled. Inside title page with small defect. Pages with some tears (a few into the music), one page loose. With owner stamps of the Polish conductor Witold Krzemienski (1909-2001) and the "Fürstlichen Hofcapelle in Sondershausen" (today: Loh-Orchester Sondershausen). The score was obviously used intensively by both the above mentioned orchestra and the conductor. It contains many markings and notes in German and Polish in the score.
149€ |
Spohr, Louis: score
Louis Spohr: Premier concerto pour la clarinette op.26. Parts. Leipzig: Peters. PN 964. Very likely published around 1814 shortly after the death of Kühnel (the previous owner of the publishing house, dated through the plate number). Folio. Complete set of parts: solo clarinet, as well as 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 clarinos (=trumpets), timpani, 3 first violins, 2 second violins, 2 violas, 3 cellos/double bass. Solo part heavily worn on the margins, some tears in the title page, binding taped. The other parts mainly in good condition, sometimes a bit soiled. A full score of the clarinet concerto op.26 by Spohr was published not until 1957 (!) by Bärenreiter. Therefore full scores had to be done by copyists the time before. This set includes such a handwritten full score. The score consists of 124 pages in a professional music handwriting. The work is written on music papers of the „Hofbuchbinder Timbe“ in Oldenburg. The main activity of this company was between 1880 and 1900. And it seems likely that the full score was created at the same time. Folio format. Margins worn and a bit soiled, otherwise good.
199€ |
Spohr, Louis: score
Louis Spohr: Violinschule mit erläuternden Kupfertafeln. Wien. Haslinger. PN 6050. Engraved. Published 1832. 250 pages. Measures ca. 25x33 cm. Without the title page and the portrait of Spohr. Binding taped. Outer sheets soiled and worn, the back sheet with defects. Inside a few markings. One of the illustrations was coloured.
79€ |
Stainlein, Louis de: score
Louis de Stainlein: Romance variee pour violon avec accompagnement de deux violons, alto et violoncelle op.13. Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel. PN 10081. 7 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 pages. Engraved. Margin of the violin part taped, otherwise good copy. Rare
79€ |
Stein, Bruno: score
Bruno Stein: Dreizehnte Messe für zwei gleiche Stimmen mit Orgelbegleitung op.43. Berlin: W. Sulzbach. PN 297. Published 1908. 17 pages. Measures ca. 20x28 cm. Covers ssoiled, margins worn. Inside good. Rare, I could only find one other copy in public libraries.
19€ |
Stekel, Eric-Paul: signed score
Eric-Paul Stekel: Tableaux nimois, Suite pour piano op.22. Nice: Georges Delrieu. PN 910. Published 1952. 27 pages. Measures ca. 27x34 cm. Signed on the first music page: "Herrn Detlef Kraus freundschaftlich EP Stekel". The score itself is rare, with the autograph by Stekel a most interesting item. Eric-Paul Stekel (1898-1978) was a Austrian-French composer. He was born in Vienna and first made a living as violist in the orchestra of the Vienna State Opera. In World War 2 he had to emigrate to France, later to Algeria. After the war he lectured at the conservatory in Saarbrücken, later in Grenoble. The dedicatee Detlef Kraus (1919-2008) was a German pianist.
49€ |
Stockhausen, Karlheinz: autograph letter signed (ALS)
Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928-2007) was a German composer and widely acknowledged by critics as one of the most important but also controversial composers of the 20th century. He is known for his groundbreaking work in electronic music, for introducing controlled chance into serial composition, and for musical spatialization. He studied under Olivier Messiaen and Werner Meyer-Eppler and was one of the leading figures of the Darmstadt School. Several of his compositions are landmarks of 20th century music like „Klavierstücke“, „Kontra-Punkte“, „Gesang der Jünglinge“, „Kontakte“ or the opera cycle „Licht“. For sale is here an autograph letter signed (ALS) by Karlheinz Stockhausen. The letter is completely in the hand of Stockhausen. It is addressed to „Herr Dobbelstein“, which is – considering the content of the letter – Rainer Dobbelstein, who was at that time diplomat at the German embassy in Warsaw (Poland). Stockhausen writes about his problems to visit the music festival „Warsaw Autumn“ and calls for help. He writes „exactly“ (roughly translated by me): „Dear Mr. Dobbelstein, Karlheinz Stockhausen made his debut at the Warsaw Autumn in 1958 with groundbreaking performances of his „Gesang der Jünglinge“ (conducted by himself) and a performance of his „Klavierstücke“ by David Tudor. His works were performed regularly at the Warsaw Autumn in the following years, but Stockhausen himself could not attend those performances it seems. The letter measures ca. 21x29 cm and is written on the back of a calendar sheet. The mentioned copy of the Stockhausen letter to Warsaw Autum is not part of the offer, neither is the envelope. 149€ |
Stockmar, C. F.: score
C. F. Stockmar: Drei Walzer für das Pianoforte zu vier Händen. Langensalza: Schulbuchhandlung des Thüringer Lehrer-Vereins. No PN. 15 pages. Published around 1850. Binding taped, title page with taped tear, margin slightly worn, inside good. Rare, I could only trace one other copy in public libraries.
29€ |
Strauss (Sohn), Johann: score
Johann Strauss (Sohn): An der schönen, blauen Donau op.134, für Klavier. Wien: Spina. PN C.S. 19216. Engraved. 11 pages. Published 1868 (dated after the included advertisements of the publishing house). Binding sellotaped, margins slightly damaged, otherwise good
19€ |
Strauss (Sohn), Johann: score
Johann Strauss (Sohn): Leichtes Blut, Polka für Klavier op.319. Wien: Spina. PN C.S. 19255. Engraved. 7 pages. Published 1868 (dated after the included advertisements of the publishing house). Title page loose, margins slightly damaged, otherwise good.
19€ |
Strauss (Sohn), Johann: score
Johann Strauss (Sohn): Freikugeln, Polka (schnell) für Klavier op.326. Wien: Spina. PN C.S. 21724. Engraved. 7 pages. Published 1870 (dated after the included advertisements of the publishing house). Good condition
19€ |
Strauss (Vater), Johann: score
Vocal beauties of Strauss No.1: A fair breeze is blowing, written by Charles Jefferys, the music by Johann Strauss. London: D'Almaine. Engraved. 5 pages. Published 1839. Large water stain on first and lage page, the other pages are not affected. Otherwise good copy
29€ |
Thalberg, Sigismond: score
Fantaisie pour le Piano sur des themes de l‘Opera: Moise de G. Rossini composee par S. Thalberg, oeuvre 33. Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel. PN 5349. 23 pages. Published 1836. Title page and first music page with tear (but no effect to the music), inside a bit foxed, margin slightly worn.
39€ |
Tomasi, Henri: autograph letter signed (ALS)
Henri Tomasi (1901-1971) was a French composer and conductor. He studied under Vincent d'Indy and Philippe Gaubert and had immediately success as a composer and conductor. In 1927 Tomasi won the Prix de Rome for his cantata „Coriolan“ and a first prize in conducting. Tomasi founded the group „Triton“ with his fellow composers Prokofiev, Milhaus, Honegger and Poulenc which had the goal to promote contemporary classical music. He was also one of the first radio conductor while working at the Radio Colonial Orchestra in French Indochine. He later became the conductor of the French National Orchestra. In 1957 Tomasi had to quit his conducting career due to physical problems. He continued to compose and created many orchestral compositions, among them his most famous work, his trumpet concerto. For offer here is an autograph letter (ALS) by Henri Tomasi. The letter is written to an unidentified recipient. The letter is signed at the end in full and the paper
also bears the letterhead with the personal address of Henri Tomasi at the „24 rue Victor Masse“ in Paris. The letter is not dated, but seems to be from the early 1960s. The letter measures 27 x 21
cm, the verso side is blank and the letter was folded twice for sending.
79€ |
Tomasi, Henri: autograph letter signed (ALS)
Henri Tomasi (1901-1971) was a French composer and conductor. He studied under Vincent d'Indy and Philippe Gaubert and had immediately success as a composer and conductor. In 1927 Tomasi won the Prix de Rome for his cantata „Coriolan“ and a first prize in conducting. Tomasi founded the group „Triton“ with his fellow composers Prokofiev, Milhaus, Honegger and Poulenc which had the goal to promote contemporary classical music. He was also one of the first radio conductor while working at the Radio Colonial Orchestra in French Indochine. He later became the conductor of the French National Orchestra. In 1957 Tomasi had to quit his conducting career due to physical problems. He continued to compose and created many orchestral compositions, among them his most famous work, his trumpet concerto. For offer here is an autograph letter (ALS) by Henri Tomasi. The letter is written to an unidentified recipient. The letter is signed at the end in full and the paper
also bears the letterhead with the personal address of Henri Tomasi at the „24 rue Victor Masse“ in Paris. The letter is not dated, but seems to be from the early 1960s. The letter measures 27 x 21
cm, the verso side is blank and the letter was folded twice for sending.
79€ |
Veerhoff, Carlos: scores
I personally own a large part of the musical estate of Carlos Veerhoff. That includes many autograaph manuscripts, but also many printed scores. Although Carlos Veerhoff is considered as one of the most important composers in Germany in the 20th century, only a handful of his works were published commercially. Therefore Veerhoff self-published most of his compositions. After his death in 2011 it is nearly impossible to find these self-published scores. I have copies of these printed scores for many of his compositions. If you are interested in one of the following scores, drop me a line to get a price. If you would like to have more information about Carlos Veerhoff, please check my biography of him on my website here.
1) Pater noster für 6-stimmigen Chor und Orchester op.51. Full score. 41 pages. Measures ca. 28x36 cm. Self-published. 2) Sonate für Pianoforte op.53. Full score. 16 pages. Measures ca. 28x36 cm. Self-published. 3) Alpha Zeta op.54 - Burleske für A-cappella-Chor. Full score. 16 pages. Measures ca. 21x30 cm. Self-published. 4) Streichtrio op.56. Full score. 20 pages. Measures ca. 28x35 cm. Self-published. 5) Moments musicaux für Alt-Saxophon, Akkordeon und Percussion op.50. Full score. 28 pages. Measures ca. 28x35 cm. Self-published. 6) Sonant Nr. 2 für Cello und Kontrabass op.49. Full score. 29 pages. Measures ca. 26x26 cm. Self-published. 7) Sonate für Violine und Klavier op.47. Full score and violin part. 32+13 pages. Measures ca. 28x35 cm. Self-published. 8) Divertimento per tre für Pianoforte, Violine und Contrabassgeige op.48. Full score and parts. 24+7+7 pages. Measures ca. 28x36 cm. Self-published. 9) Nonett op.41. Full score. 33 pages. Measures ca. 24x33 cm. Self-published. 10) Erstes Konzert für Klavier und Orchester op.44. Piano reduction. 48 pages. Measures ca. 27x34 cm. Self-published. 11) Ringelnatz-Duette für Sopran, Alt und Pianoforte op.38. Full score. 25 pages. Measures ca. 27x34 cm. Self-published. 12) Brass Quintet, für 2 Trompeten, Horn, Posaune und Tuba. Full score. 27 pages. Measures ca. 22x30 cm. Boosey & Hawkes, Edition Bote & Bock. 13) Dialogues I für Saxophone-Alto und Pianoforte op.25. Full score. 9 pages. Measures ca. 28x35 cm. Self-published. 14) Sonate für Viola und Klavier op.71. Full score and viola part. 20+7 pages. Measures ca. 28x35 cm. Self-published. 15) 7 mal 1 für Percussion op.58. Full score. 14 pages. Measures ca. 34x30 cm. Self-published. 16) Ballade für Akkordeon op.60. Full score. 6 pages. Measures ca. 27x35 cm. Self-published. 17) Dialogues II für Viola und Percussion op.61. Full score. 14 pages. Measures ca. 27x35 cm. Self-published. 18) Aphorismen für Viola solo. Full score. 5 pages. Measures ca. 27x35 cm. Self-published. 19) Konzert für Schlagzeugsolist und Orchester op.67. Full score. 66 pages. Measures ca. 25x35 cm. Self-published. 20) Horntrio für Horn, Violine und Klavier op.68. Full score and parts. 33+10+10 pages. Measures ca. 28x35 cm. Self-published. 21) Zweites Konzert für Pianoforte und Orchester op.66. Piano reduction. 63 pages. Measures ca. 27x34 cm. Self-published. 22) Sinfonischer Satz - Movimento sinfonico -, für Orchester op.5. Full score. 84 pages. Measures ca. 22x30 cm. Boosey & Hawkes, Edition Bote & Bock, B & B 21889 (898). 23) Sinfonischer Satz - Movimento sinfonico -, für Orchester op.5. Full score. 84 pages. Measures ca. 15x23 cm. Bote & Bock, B & B 21889 (898), 1964, first edition. 24) Mosaicos für Klavier op.7. 19 pages. Measures ca. 24x35 cm. Self-published. 25) Cantos für hohe Stimme und 7 Instrumente. Piano reduction. 13 pages. Measures ca. 27x35 cm. Self-published. 26) Akroasis für Blasinstrumente und Schlagzeug op.21. Full score. 45 pages. Measures ca. 23x30 cm. Edition Peters 5942, PN 30407. 27) Bläser-Quintett für Flöte, Oboe, Klarinette, Fagott und Horn op.14. Full score. 40 pages. Measures ca. 15x23 cm. Bote & Bock, B & B 21828 (1963), first edition. 28) Ut omnes unum sint op.24. Kantate für Bass und vier Blasinstrumente nach Texten aus dem Johannesevangelium, 17. Full score. 14 pages. Measures ca. 28x36 cm. Self-published. 29) Ut omnes unum sint op.24. Kantate für Bass und vier Blasinstrumente nach Texten aus dem Johannesevangelium, 17. Piano reduction. 10 pages. Measures ca. 28x36 cm. Self-published.
19 to 99€ |
Verdi, Giuseppe: score
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) was an Italian composer and one of the most popular opera composers of all time. Among his most famous operas are "Rigoletto", "Il trovatore" and "La traviata". The opera "Il trovatore" (The troubadour) was composed between 1850 and 1853 and premiered 19 January 1853 in Rome (Italy). Since then thousands of performances happened and the work is a standard repertoire for most opera houses. For sale is here a score of the piano reduction of the complete opera "Il trovatore" without the texts. Engraved. It was published by Tito di Gio. Ricordi in Milano in 1853, has 139 pages in total and the plate numbers 24967-24986. It measures 36x26 cm and is bound in cardboard. The title page is glued on the front cardboard, the last page on the back cardboard. Inside the score is complete and has no tears or damages. There is a water spot on the upper margin from about half of the score to the end. In the middle the spot is very vague and becomes more obvious to the end. Please check photo of the last page to see the "worst condition". Please check also other photos to get an impression on the general condition. The history of publications of scores to "Il trovatore" is complicated. Hopkinson gives at least 7 different publications already in 1853, the year of the premiere! The score for sale here seems to belong to the edition 54A(e), the "First Milanese Complete Edition". Ricordi also published the piano reduction with texts in 1853 with plate numbers 24842-24863. So this edition for sale here followed shortly afterwards.
79€ |
violin and piano
Collection of 24 works for violin and piano, all published around 1850 by French publishing houses (Schonenberger, Richault, Escudier, Troupenas, Cotelle, etc). Among the scores are the French first edition of the violin concerto by Mendelssohn Bartholdy as well as the first editions by Vieuxtemps. The book also contains a large collection of 13 first editions of works by Jean-Delphin Alard. The book contains:
2) Jean-Delphin Alard: Ernani pour violon et piano op.54. Paris: Escudier. PN L.E.3241. Published 1872. 17 pages. Foxed. 3) Jean-Delphin Alard: Faust (Opera de Gounod) pour violon et piano. Paris: Choudens. PN A.C.1533-2048. Published 1868. 13 pages. Foxed. 4) Jean-Delphin Alard: Fantaisie sur des motifs de la Fille du Regiment de Donizetti pour violon et piano op.28. Paris: Schonenberger. PN S.1894. Published 1852. Engraved. 19 pages. 5) Jean-Delphin Alard: Fantaisie sur „La Gazza Ladra“ pour violon et piano op.39 No.1. Paris: Schonenberger. PN S.2645.1. Published around 1865. Engraved. 7 pages. Foxed. 6) Jean-Delphin Alard: La Juive (Opera de Halevy) pour violon et piano op.48. Paris: Lemoine. PN 7082 HL. Published 1872. 19 pages. 7) Jean-Delphin Alard: Fantaisie sur „Linda di Chamonnix“ de Donizetti pour violon et piano op.12. Paris: Schonenberger. PN S.1152. Published around 1844. Engraved. 21 pages. 8) Jean-Delphin Alard: Fantaisie sur la „Muette“ de Auber pour violon et piano op.36. Paris: Brandus & Dufour. PN 10216. Published 1860. Engraved. 15 pages. Foxed. 9) Jean-Delphin Alard: Rigoletto (Opera de Verdi) pour violon et piano op.46. Paris: Escudier. PN L.E. 2825. Published 1867. 15 pages. Foxed. 10) Jean-Delphin Alard: Robert Le Diable pour violon et piano op.44. Paris: Brandus & Dufour. PN 10805. Published 1866. Engraved. 19 pages. Foxed. 11) Jean-Delphin Alard: Romeo et Juliette (Opera de Gounod) pour violon et piano op.55. Paris: Choudens. PN A.C.2641. Published 1874. 15 pages. Foxed. 12) Jean-Delphin Alard: Fantaisie sur „La Traviata“ de Verdi pour violon et piano op.38. Paris: Escudier. PN L.E.1956. Published 1861. 17 pages. 13) Jean-Delphin Alard: Fantaisie sur „Il Trovatorea“ de Verdi pour violon et piano op.37. Paris: Escudier. PN L.E.1869. Published 1860. 17 pages. 14) Charles de Beriot: Fantaisie ou Scene de Ballet pour violon et piano op.100. Paris: Schott. PN S. 231. Published 1867. 17 pages. Foxed. 15) Jean Conte: Valse sur „Beppo“ pour violon et piano. Paris: Self-published (J.C.21). Engraved. 7 pages. Foxed. 16) Ad. Herman: Ouverture de „L‘Italienne a Alger“ de Rossini pour violon et piano. Paris: Jules Heinz. PN 717. Engraved. 15 pages. Foxed. 17) Ad. Herman: Ouverture de „La Chasse du Jeune Henri“ de Mehul pour violon et piano. Paris: Jules Heinz. PN 716. Engraved. 19 pages. Foxed. 18) Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Concerto pour violon et orchestre op.64. Piano reduction. Paris: Richault. PN B.2833. Engraved. Published 1846. 31 pages. 19) Mozart: 2me Sonate en ut pour piano et violon. Paris: Heugel. PN H.4364. Published 1873. 17 pages. Foxed. 20) Pierre Rode: Premier concerto pour le violon. Piano reduction. Paris: Cotelle. PN A.C.1247. Engraved. Published around 1845. 19 pages. 21) Pierre Rode: No.7 Concerto pour violon op.8. Piano reduction. Paris: Richault. PN 331R. Engraved. 19 pages. One page soiled but still legible. 22) Henri Vieuxtemps: Fantaisie-Caprice pour le violon et piano op.11. Paris: Troupenas. PN T.1074. Engraved. Published 1842. 19 pages. 23) Henri Vieuxtemps: Fantaisie de Salon sur „I Lombardi ou Jerusalem“ de Verdi pour violon et piano. Paris: Escudier. PN B.C. 1238. Published around 1850. 15 pages. 24) Viotti: Concerto XXIV pour violon. Piano reduction. Paris: Gerard. PN C.M.9526. Engraved. Published 1861. 26 pages. Covers heavily worn, spine nearly completely missing. Binding strong, inside in good condition (beside some foxing). Measures ca. 28x34x5 cm.
149€ |
violin etudes
Score collection of several etudes for violin solo. All bound together in one book. The collection includes 5 important compositions, all in early or even first editions! 1) Pierre Rode: 24 Caprices en forme d‘Etudes pour le Violon. Nouvelle Edition. Paris: Richault. PN 4952. Engraved. 49 pages. 2) Rudolphe Kreutzer: 40 Etudes pour le Violon. Nouvelle Edition. Paris: Schonenberger. PN 780. Engraved. 55 pages 3) Delphin Alard: Etudes completes et progressives pour Violon. Livre 3 op.19: Etudes artistiques. Paris: Schonenberger. PN 1576. Engraved. 40 pages 4) Fiorillo: Etude pour le Violon formant 36 Caprices, op.3. Paris: Janet et Cotelle. PN 424. Engraved. 38 pages 5) Charles de Beriot: Six Etudes brillantes pour le Violon op.17. Paris: Troupenas. PN 689. Engraved. 21 pages Bound together curiously in covers with Biernagels (like student‘s songbooks used to have). Inside foxed, a bit worn, otherwise in good condition.
149€ |
Vogel, Ernst: score
Ernst Vogel: Spiel und Zwischenpiel für Blechbläser und Orgel (1977). Self-published by the composer. 77 pages. Only the "Zwischenspiel" was commercially published by Doblinger. The whole work remains unpublished. Measures ca. 27x33 cm. Good condition
39€ |
Vogel, Ernst: score
Ernst Vogel: Moira – Musik für Streicher (1976). Self-published by the composer. 59 pages. Includes copies of two texts by Vogel about the compositional structure of
the work (twelve tone row) and the personal importance for him (death of his son).
49€ |
Vogel, Ernst: score
Ernst Vogel: Zweites Streichquartett (1961). Self-published by the composer, PN 57. Full score (39 pages) and all 4 parts (18, 16, 14, 16 pages). Good condition. Measures ca. 20x26 and 32x23 cm.
19€ |
voice and piano
1) Fernando Paer: III (3) Duettini per due voci di Soprano coll‘Accompagnemento di Piano-Forte. Parte I. Lipsia: Peters. PN 354. Engraved. 15 pages. Published 1804 2) Carl Maria von Weber: Tre Duetti con parole italiane e tedesche per due voci di Soprano con accompagnamento di Pianoforte op.31. Berlin: Schlesinger. PN 134. Engraved. 20 pages. Published around 1815. 3) F. Blangini: Duett per valli per boschi für Sopran & Tenor mit Begleitung des Piano-Forte. Hamburg: Johann Agust Böhme. No PN. Engraved. 4 pages 4) Carafa: Duettino per due Soprani, o Soprano et Tenore col Accompagnamento di Pianoforte. Lipsia: Breitkopf e Härtel. PN 5006. 5 pages 5) F. Blangini: Sei Notturni a due voci con accompagnata di Piano-Forte o della Chitarra. Livre III. Colonia: Simrock. PN 1252. Engraved. 17 pages 6) Carl Maria von Weber: Duetto aus der Opera „Oberon“. Klavierauszug. Berlin: Schlesinger. PN 1438. Engraved. 8 pages. Published 1829. 7) Carl Maria von Weber: Duetto aus der Opera „Euryanthe“. Klavierauszug. Wien: Steiner. PN 4533. Engraved. 6 pages. Published 1824. 8) Louis Spohr: Duetto No.3 aus der Oper „Faust“ im Klavierauszuge von P. Pixis. Leipzig: Peters. PN 1688. Engraved. 7 pages. Published 1820 9) Louis Spohr: Recitativo aus der Oper „Jessonda“ im Klavierauszuge von Ferd. Spohr. Leipzig: Peters. PN 1801. Engraved. 11 pages. Published 1826 10) F. Blangini: Duett „Hoffnung flüstert mir still im Herzen“ mit Begleitung des Piano-Forte. Berlin: Lischke. PN 752. Engraved. 3 pages 11) Francesco Durante: XII Duetti da Camera per imparar a cantare col accompagnamento di Pianoforte. Parte II No.5-8. Lipsia: Breitkopf e Härtel. PN 4017b. 19 pages. Published 1823 12) Francesco Durante: XII Duetti da Camera per imparar a cantare col accompagnamento di Pianoforte. Parte I No.1-4. Lipsia: Breitkopf e Härtel. PN 4017a. 18 pages. Published 1823 13) Francesco Durante: XII Duetti da Camera per imparar a cantare col accompagnamento di Pianoforte. Parte III No.9-12. Lipsia: Breitkopf e Härtel. PN 4017c. 19 pages. Published 1823 14) Jos. Weigl: Terzett aus der Schweitzerfamilie. Berlin: Lischke. PN 1611. 4 pages. Covers worn and soiled. Inside slightly foxed, otherwise in good condition.
199€ |
voice and piano
Collection of 18 works for voice and piano. Interesting collection of many rare German songs from around 1880. For 10 of the 18 songs I could not find a second copy
listed in public libraries! The collection includes also a couple of handwritten scores, all copies from printed editions. These manuscripts are dated 1888. 1) Otto Fischer: Mein Thüringen, für Singstimme und Klavier op.62. Leipzig: Wilh. Dietrich. PN 29. 2 pages. No copy in public libraries! 2) Wilhelm Speier: Die drei Liebchen, für Singstimme und Klavier op.33. Mainz: Schott. PN 5786. 9 pages. 3) Fritz Lubrich: Spielmannssold, für Singstimme und Klavier op.35. Leipzig: Karl Klinner. PN 3. 5 pages. No copy in public libraries! 4) Wilhelm Heiser: Das Grab auf der Haide, für Singstimme und Klavier op.30. Berlin: Schlesinger. PN 3962. 7 pages 5) Hermann Brandts: Die Braut von Burgund, für Singstimme und Klavier op.22. Bremen: A. Fischer. PN 1117. 7 pages. No copy in public libraries! 6) Hieronymus Truhn: Der Zigeuner-Bube im Norden, für Singstimme und Klavier. Berlin: Schlesinger. PN 2462. Engraved. 7 pages. Published around 1840 7) Louis Schubert: Es sang im Busch ein Vögelein, für Singstimme und Klavier op.1. Berlin: Schlesinger. PN 4664. Engraved. 5 pages. Published around 1850. No copy in public libraries! 8) Carl Götze: Heide-Lieder, für Singstimme und Klavier op.160. Bremen: A. Fischer. PN 938. 5 pages 9) Reinhold Reich: Ist‘s ein Gruß von Dir?, für Singstimme und Klavier. Leipzig: Siegismund & Volkening. PN 45. 3 pages. No copy in public libraries! 10) Reinhold Reich: Vergissmeinnicht, für Singstimme und Klavier op.28. Langensalza: Hermann Beyer & Söhne. PN 323. 3 pages. No copy in public libraries! 11) A. E. Grell: Lorbeer und Rose, für Singstimme und Klavier op.6. Berlin: M. Bahn. PN 830. 5 pages. 12) August Herrmann: O lieb, so lang‘ du lieben kannst!, für Singstimme und Klavier op.3. Langensalza: Hermann Beyer. No PN. 10 pages. No copy in public libraries! 13) O. Fischer: Drei Lieder für Singstimme und Klavier. Langensalza: Schulbuchhandlung von Gressler. PN 450. 9 pages. Published around 1880. No copy in public libraries! 14) Gustav Tyson-Wolff: Fünf Lieder für Singstimme und Klavier op.34. Leipzig: Wilhelm Dietrich. No PN. 5 pages. Only the British Library holds another copy. 15) Paul Hoppe: Zwei Lieder für Singstimme und Klavier op.21. Langensalza: Hermann Beyer & Söhne. PN 461. 5 pages 16) Karl Mahlberg: Drei Lieder für Singstimme und Klavier op.32. Langensalza: Schulbuchhandlung von Gressler. PN 526. 11 pages. Published around 1880. No copy in public libraries! 17) Karl Mahlberg: Drei Lieder für Singstimme und Klavier op.23. Langensalza: Schulbuchhandlung von Gressler. PN 491. 11 pages. Published around 1880. No copy in public libraries! 18) Franz Grabe: Der arme Musikant, für Singstimme und Klavier op.19. Langensalza: Hermann Beyer & Söhne. PN 221. 7 pages. In manuscript: Ludolf Waldmann: Sei stolz, dass du ein Deutscher bist!, für Singstimme und Klavier. Covers worn. Inside margins worn, sometimes margins taped (without effect to the music). Sometimes foxed. Binding a bit loose. Measures ca. 27x34 cm.
39€ |
voice and piano
Collection of 27 works for voice and piano. All with French texts. Interesting collection of rarities like an early edition of Franz Schubert‘s "Adieu" published by Richault. Also included are gems like a signed score by Alphonse Lancelevee (*1857) and works by Avisse and Amersfoordt of which I could not find a second copy in publish libraries. zu denen ich kein zweites Exemplar weltweit nachweisen konnte. The book contains:
1) Alphonse Lancelevee: Les Petits Paysans de Normandie, pour 3 voix et piano. Evreux: Lith. Ve. Monnier. 3 pages. Completely unknown song with the handwritten signature of the composer. Otherwise this song could have been identified, because the score just mentions „un jeune normand“ as author. 2) Leopold Amat: Ou vas-tu petit oiseau?, pour chant et piano. Paris: Heugel. 3 pages. Published 1851 3) Onesime Pradere: Le Petit Soulier de Noel, pour chant et piano. Paris: Choudens. PN 648. Engraved. 3 pages. Published 1859 4) L. Clapisson: Les Oiseaux de Notre-Dame, pour chant et piano. Paris: Gerard. PN 7064. 3 pages. Published 1867 5) P. Scudo: Le Fil de la Vierge, pour chant et piano. Paris: Leon Grus. PN 657. 3 pages. Published 1862 6) L. Clapisson: Le Langage des Cloches, pour chant et piano. Paris: Meissonnier. PN 7156. Engraved. 3 pages. Published 1852 7) (unbekannt): Combien j‘ai douce souvenance, pour chant et piano. Paris: Durand, Schoenewerk & Cie. PN 288. Engraved. 3 pages. Published around 1872 8) Etienne Arnaud: Pour faire un Nid, pour chant et piano. Paris: Alfred Ikelmer. PN 696. 3 pages. Published 1857 9) L. Clapisson: La Mere de Famille, pour chant et piano. Paris: Meissonnier. PN 1072. Engraved. 3 pages. Published 1851 10) Alfred Quidant: Petit Enfant, pour chant et piano. Paris: Gerard. PN 8792. 3 pages. Published 1860 11) A. Avisse: Petits oiseaux chantez toujours, pour chant et piano. Evreux: Lith de F. Canu. 3 pages. Published 1853 12) Charles Gounod: Ave Maria, pour chant et piano. Paris: Heugel. PN 2440. 5 pages. Published 1857 13) Edmond L‘Huiller: La Derniere Marquise, pour chant et piano. Paris: Colombier. PN 1136. 4 pages. Published 1850 14) Louis Abadie: Jeanne Jeannette et Jeanneton, pour chant et piano. Paris: Heugel. Engraved. 3 pages. Published 1852 15) Louis Abadie: Le Vieux Braconnier, pour chant et piano. Paris: J. Meissonnier. PN 7283. 3 pages. Published um 1865 16) Franz Schubert: Adieu, pour chant et piano. Paris: Richault. PN 3319. 5 pages. Published 1836 17) Amelie Perronnet: Nicole et son Sabot, pour chant et piano. Paris: Petit Aine. PN 52. Engraved. 3 pages. Published 1860 18) A. Avisse: La Corde du Menetrier, pour chant et piano. Evreux: Lith. De A. Herissey. 3 pages. Rare, even the French National Library does not hold a copy. 19) Mme. Amersfoordt: Le Souvenir, pour chant et piano. Paris: Pate. Engraved. 3 pages. Published um 1860. Rare, I could only find one copy in public libraries. 20) Adolphe Adam: Le Bijou Perdu, pour chant et piano. Paris: Leduc. PN 391. Engraved. 5 pages. Published 1845 21) G. Donizetti: La Favorite – No.10bis: Cavatine, pour chant et piano. Paris: Leon Grus. PN 1847. 5 pages. Published 1858 22) G. Donizetti: La Favorite – No.1bis: Romance, pour chant et piano. Paris: Leon Grus. PN 1847. Engraved. 6 pages. Published 1858 23) L. Arditi: Il Bacio, pour chant et piano. Paris: Flaxland. PN 402bis. 9 pages. Published 1861 24) Charles Gounod: Serenade pour chant et piano. Paris: Lebeau Aine. PN 97. 3 pages. 25) Victor Measures: Paul et Virgine, pour chant et piano. Paris: Theodore Michaelis. PN 19. 3 pages. Published 1876 26) Baronne Willy de Rothschild: 5 Melodies – No.1: Romance. Paris: Flaxland. PN 794. 3 pages. Published 1864 27) Jacques Offenbach: Les Bavards – No.10: Chanson a boire. Paris: Brandus & Dufour. PN 10618. Engraved. 5 pages. Published 1863 Covers worn and soiled, spine slightly damaged. Binding not affected. Inside good condition. Sometimes margins taped or slightly foxed pages.
79€ |
Volkmann, Robert: score
Robert Volkmann: Sonate pour piano op.12. Leipzig: Kistner. PN 2025. 23 pages. Measures ca. 28x34 cm. First edition. Outside a bit soiled, inside good.
39€ |
Wagner, Richard: score
Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. Vollständiger Klavierauszug von Karl Tausig. Mainz: Schott. PN 18975. 402 pages. Measures ca. 27x34 cm. Outside worn, spine slightly damaged. Front cover taped to the flyleaf. Binding a bit loose. Title page a bit soiled, margins soiled and worn. Inside some worn margins due to loose binding, a bit foxed. On the inside of the front cover is a stamp of the "Musikalien-Leihanstalt" of G. Engelmann in Riga, who was active around 1870. The first edition of this score was published in 1868. It was engraved and run by a number of only 150 copies. This first edition also had a dedication sheet to King Ludwig II. Shortly after a lithographic print was made from the original plates. This edition did not have the dedication sheet. The offered score here is a copy of this early edition in lithography published shortly after 1868.
99€ |
Weber, Carl Maria von: early score
Carl Maria von Weber: Grand concerto en Ut majeur (C Dur) pour Pianoforte (...) composee par Ch. M. de Weber. Oeuvre 11. Piano part. Offenbach: Joh. Andre. PN 4345. Engraved. Published 1821. 22 pages. Measures ca. 25x34 cm. Cardboard covers with mounted title page. Outside and inside in good condition beside the fact that the previous owner crossed out all orchestral parts in red felt-tip.
39€ |
Weber, Carl Maria von: early score
Six pieces a quatre mains pour le pianoforte composees par Charles Marie de Weber Oe. X. Leipzig: Hofmeister. PN 275. Engraved. Published around 1810. 19 pages. Measures ca. 34x25 cm. Later bound in a blue cardboard cover that is way too large. The margins of these covers are worn. But as aa result the score inside is in good condition.
99€ |
Weill, Kurt: score
Extremely rare first edition of the Threepenny Opera, one of only 800 printed copies: Bertold Brecht / Kurt Weill: Die Dreigroschenoper (The Beggar's Opera). Ein Stück mit Musik in einem Vorspiel und acht Bildern nach dem Englischen des John Gay, übersetzt von Elisabeth Hauptmann. Deutsche Bearbeitung von Bert Brecht / Musik von Kurt Weill. Felix Bloch Erben, Berlin-Wilmersdorf 1, Nikolsburgerplatz 3 / Universal-Edition Wien-Leipzig, Nr. 8850. 80 pages. On the back cover the imprint: "Druck von / Otto Maass' Söhne Ges. m. b. H., Wien / I. Wallfischgasse 10 - 2338 28". Measures ca. 16x23 cm. Condition: Outside worn, lightly dirty and spotted. Spine damaged on 3 cm from the bottom, but binding is not affected. On the title page handwritten note in the middle: "Sägerobert / Herr Simo[?] Häuser[?]". Referring to the role of the "Sägerobert" in the opera, this was surely the rehearsal book for the mentioned person in an early performance. Another handwritten note on the title page at the top says "Souffleur Buch" (prompter book). Inside most pages have marks, notes or underlines in pencil or crayon referring to the role of Sägerobert (highlighting his entries, movements, actions on the stage, etc). Edges worn. The Threepenny Opera is one of the best-known operas of the 20th century, providing several songs that are now considered standards like the "Ballad of Mack the Knife". The work was premiered on 31. August 1928 and the first edition of the text book was published by Universal Edition in Vienna in October 1928 (300 copies) and November 1928 (500 copies) with the number 8850. Both editions were identical and cannot be distinguished from one another. A piano reduction was published shortly afterwards under the number 8851.
1499€ |
Weiner, Stanley: signed score
Stanley Weiner: Sonatina for violin and piano op.69. Berlin: Bote & Bock 1977, 26 pages + 11 pages violin part. With autograph dedication to his "friend Hedi",
dated April 1978. |
Wimberger, Gerhard: autograph letter signed (ALS)
Gerhard Wimberger (1923-2016) was an Austrian composer and conductor. He studied under Cesar Bresgen and Johann Nepomuk David. Later he was kapellmeister at the Wiener Volksoper and at the Landestheater in Salzburg. Wimberger became also assistant and later a member of the management committee of the Salzburg Festival. He also taught conducting at the Mozarteum. For sale is an autograph letter signed (ALS) by Gerhard Wimberger. The short letter is directed to an autograph collector, signed at the end and dated 14 December 1969. The sheet measures ca. 21x29 cm. Folded twice for mailing. Good condition.
19€ |
Wolf, Artur: score
Artur Wolf: Three songs composed for choir (mixed) or single voice with piano accompaniment. Nr c) Zilzele Haaviv. Jerusalem: M. Kovalsky. No PN. 3 pages. Measures ca. 27x34 cm. Margins slightly worn, outside with light margins. Score was folded once in the middle. Rare, I could only find one other copy in public libraries! Artur Wolf was a singer, voice teacher and conductor who was active in Vienna in the 1910s and 20s. A singing school by him was published by Doblinger at that time.
69€ |
Wolf, Artur: score
Artur Wolf: Jona tama for singing and piano. Jerusalem: M. Kovalsky. No PN. 5 pages. Measures ca. 27x34 cm. Margins slightly worn, outside with light margins. Score was folded once in the middle. Rare, I could only find one other copy in public libraries! Artur Wolf was a singer, voice teacher and conductor who was active in Vienna in the 1910s and 20s. A singing school by him was published by Doblinger at that time.
69€ |
Zenger, Max: score
Max Zenger: Frundsberg - Ein Cyclus von Landsknechtsliedern für Stimme und Klavier op.14. Mainz: Schott. PN 20647. Published in 1873. 14 pages. Measures ca. 27x33cm. Inside water stains at the upper margin, slightly foxed, binding a bit loose. 29€ |